Really? I can't see how that would play strategically with the whole LH group. They're still very unhappy about being forced to take BMI.
Reading between the lines, I think they're less unhappy now than they were when SMB foisted it on them. The pain has started to ease, in many ways. WPS appears to have "a plan" (even if it does involve moving Diamond Club into Miles & More -
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The only credible suitors for EI are LH Group, IAG (BA/IB) or AF/KL. I don't think AF/KL have the muscle to do it, so I think it'll be tussle between LHG and IAG.
From a BRS perspective, I think putting EI in LHG would work well for us, as it begins to make us a multi-route airport for LHG - we might even fantasise about it becoming a "base", serving out to BRU/FRA/MUC/DUB/ZRH....