do you guys think that easyJet would eventually be interested in buying Jet 2 ? It would be a nice opportunity to get MAN on the network
There is definitely something fishy going on if you look at the way the ongoing pay negotiations are conducted, but I would doubt that EZY would buy a UK based company.
The real expansion is in continental Europe, not in the saturated UK market, so it would make more sense for EZY to buy a company like Vueling, Wizz, Air One or Sterling, all of which are companies in expanding and/or new markets. Furthermore, it would create a wonderful opportunity for the micromanagers/beancounters in Hangar 69 to play out different pilot groups against each other, hence the current stalling strategy towards the pay talks.
Apparently Ryanair is interested in Air Berlin, so who knows, perhaps we are at a dawn of a big take-over era in the European LoCo industry...