I heard today that Aer Lingus marketing was instructed to cease all advertising during the last six or eight weeks because of the Foot & Mouth scare...government wanted to be seen to be 'standing tough'. After first month the Aer Lingus board asked to be allowed commence advertising again. government said
NO.
Meantime B.Midland and Ryanair are going hell for leather with the ads.
Major damage to 'Lingus traffic reported.
To quote the Guvnor;
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Ryanair is making tons of money, without government interference.
Aer Lingus is losing tons of money, with government interference.
Is there, possibly, a relationship?
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What do you think??