Gelofab.......Shannon, like the Irish economy has been punching above it's weight for the last number of years becuase of the FR deal. Even at that FR with its low cost base could not make money there. You will see one or two small moves next year, but that's it. As long as FR are still lurking no airline in their right mind would make any serious moves on Shannon, and more importantly no commercial manager in any airline would risk his career on a Shannon excursion, especially when you can make far more cautious plays further east. Don't forget the catchment area for the West of Ireland is smaller than the average sized city. Lastly, and tinal nail, the FR traffic was driven primarily from Irish originating pax, and they have stopped travelling. What was is gone for ever, it is now up to the SAA management to drive the costs down further to match the revenue, to survive. So gelo as others have said it is about reality and yes you are being unrealistic.