EI-RB
I 100% agree with you on LGW - it's wayy too early to be closing the base, it only opened a month ago. I wonder if this 'analyst' was one who said the good times would roll forever??? As for BFS,I think it needs another 12 months before it's future can be determined....
Also, I think it is inevitable that EI will eventually be part of Lufthansa, BA or AF. BA, most likely as LH and AF already have a decent presence in the DUB region through bmi, SAS & LH Mainline and CityJet respectively. BA would overnight loose 10% of their revenue if EI deflected to feeding AF or LH group hubs. EI is just too small, too peripheral to survive on it's own. Had Mannion allowed merger discussions, counter attacking the FR fiasco instead of stubbornly launching BFS and failing miserably in Dubai EI might be looking much healthier at the minute.
Brian.