Originally Posted by
pabloc
it’s a pity IAG decided to take EI’s order of the a350 and give them to BA….
You make it sound like EI were beaten over the head and BA ran off with them! Aer Lingus quite rightly realised that the A330 was the sweet spot and the A350 would be more likely to run at a loss in winter!
Surely the other factor here is stand capacity at T2? It's not an Aer Lingus monopoly and they share the ramp with their competitors every day. Every new US transatlantic inbound is one less gate for Aer Lingus to expand from. There's only so much long haul you can shift across to T1 (like Toronto).