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Old 24th Jul 2006, 20:36
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Sumatra
 
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Whats up at Aer Lingus?

Whats happening at Aer Lingus? No cheap fares anymore. Is this because Willie Walsh left or they are trying to look better on paper for the float?

Took 5 trips to France this month. Normally 5 would have been with Aer Lingus but this time I only choose to fly with them twice and Ryanair got my custom on the other three trips.

Flew to Paris last Friday and the aircraft wasn't even half full.

Flew to Marseilles last Thursday and there were only 67 on board.

Simple math if I wanted to take the family with Aer Lingus to the S of France this summer they wanted over EUR2,000. So I flew with Ryanair to Marseilles for EUR350 on a full aircraft so what are Aer Lingus up to? Is it they have bigger aircraft that they find harder to fill or do they prefer running half full aircraft with people who never heard of alternative operators yet? My first choice was always Aer Lingus money talks!
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