open skies
Looks as if Aerlingus will not be in a position to take advantage of a relaxation of the bilateral.
There will be huge political pressure on them to maintain the current level of service at Shannon regardless of open skies. It looks as if they won't have the aircraft to expand to US out of Dublin so the advantage will lie with the US carriers who will have a major headstart on Aerlingus.
Another negative impact of the Shannon Stopover the Great Sacred Cow of Irish Politics.
Does anyone know what impact Open Skies may have on the Ireland Canada bilateral ?surely they won't maintain the stopover for Canadian flights if the US bilateral changes.