Skiddy - I don't think that anybody is suggesting that Eastern would take over Citiexpress lock, stock and barrel. But don't forget that in 2003 Citiexpress handed Eastern a fleet of Jetstream41s which reportedly included a big financial sweetner on the leases and training as well as a route structure for those aircraft which is still pretty much in place. I would have thought that CX would be quite willing to allow Eastern to pick over the bones and the IOM to Gatwick route, if it were to come up, would look like a very tasty one as would the Inverness route.
I would think that if Euromanx got rid of their RJs they would be condemning themselves to a future as a third level minor airline operating to the margins of the Irish Sea.
