Chaps:
Bloomberg had this yesterday, quoting a Handelsblatt story (which is only available to subscribers):
Aer Lingus to Expand in U.K., Corneille Tells Handelsblatt
2007-03-06 12:06 (New York)
By Brian Parkin
March 6 (Bloomberg) -- Aer Lingus Group Plc, Ireland's
second-largest airline, will expand its U.K. business, opening
its first airport center outside Ireland to compete with
airlines like BMI for customers, management board member Enda
Corneille told German newspaper Handelsblatt.
Dublin-based Aer Lingus, which last year rebuffed a
takeover bid by no-frills airline Ryanair, may open a new base
in Belfast, Glasgow, Bristol or Birmingham, Corneille said in an
interview to be published in tomorrow's edition. Further Aer
Lingus centers in the U.K. may follow, Corneille said.
Corneille, Air Lingus's commercial director, said the
airline will over five years expand its short-flight fleet by a
third to 42 aircraft and double its long-haul fleet to 14,
buying more Airbus SAS planes or switching to Boeing Co. planes.
(Handelsblatt, 03-06 release)
It would seem to me that Bristol (and to a lesser extent Birmingham) present a particularly interesting opportunity for EI just now.