Anyone see this article in the IT, about possible delays on t/a acces rights?
Not good news at all, particularly from a source previously thought to be very enthusiastic about the prospect of a more liberalised Irish/US agreement? Given that the proposed change would see Irish and US carriers being able to increase access to DUB, I don't see what their game is? Hopefully, it's something that can be sorted out by high level phone calls.
Not good timing from the Americans either, what with Aer Lingus soon to choose between 787s and A350s; it's not just the annoyance, but the uncertainty.
The one possible reason that occurred to me is that the US carriers are probably a little freaked out by the idea of FR/EI co-operating to operate t/a flights; possibly they lobbied the US DOT to take the foot off the accelerator a bit? (Mind you, given that FR's plans would probably involve considerably more than the 12-14 787s EI is talking about, maybe Boeing's lobbying power could come in handy here?)
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