With all the recent talks that the Taoiseach has had with the Communist Party of China officials about trade links with their country:
Cowen convinced of Irish potential - Republic of Ireland, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Do you think Cowen and co. will try and resurrect the proposed Dublin-Beijing route that they had previously been pushing for?
When you see Air China now serve London and Paris with new A330's (replacing the B747's previously on the route) and Hainan Airlines serving Beijing from Brussels, Berlin-Tegel and Budapest with B767's (whose runways aren't much longer than Dublin's), you wonder could the DAA make it work.
I remember Declan Collier saying that they were really trying to push this one, especially as he remarked that Los Angeles was even further away when Aer Lingus flew there so it was possible. And there were mummerings of some Chinese carriers interested in serving Dublin once T2 opened.
Anyone heard any rumours down around Collinstown way about this one?