EI-BUD,
Working form Gatwick the arrival of EI and the choice of destinations was seen as totally suicidal.
Hi on time all the time;
Thanks for the reply to my post. I am making the point that LGW was as a good a choice for a new base as any other airport. Except LGW would probably not have Ryanair setting up shop alongside EI. The London market is big and if Aer Lingus cannot get this to work there are no other places viable for a base in the UK.
Can anyone come back with a serious to that question? What would have been a better choice in the UK other than LGW.
Can I also ask would any other airline have had it any different? Would Ryanair have been able to make this work profitably or are customers deciding I want to fly from LGW and I automatically check easyjet.com, From Stansted Ryanair.com, and Luton Easyjet.com.
Ryanair itself hasnt had a great level of success from LGW some of the routes that were set up were binned. Eg Weeze and perhaps Marseille (not sure on that one if it operated).
EI-BUD