Originally Posted by
despegue
FR can make an amazing amount of money in Russia, thing is that the Russian authorities will most likely never allow FR to enter their market in order to protect their own airlines.
Right, but that's why this airport on the EU eastern border could work (as an entry point for both Russians and EU citizens). The same way as northern Switzerland (Basel) has its airport in France, actually, or even better (Switzerland is "almost" an EU-country, Russia won't be).
I must agree that MOL is slow to react to some opportunities further from the Isles. Like CE-Europe, for example. Polish routes are a huge success admittedly, but it was so hard to get Ryanair's interest in flying there (think: still not a single base created in this area).
