If FR takes control of EIN from their track record of rack em, pack em and stack em I believe they will close down EINs current medium haul ops and start afresh with a new independent company
IMHO, if FR did take control of EI then they would close the entire operation lock stock and barrel. EI are just about the only airline FR haven’t been able to 'see off' from an airport and I suspect there would be some very smug smiles in FR HQ if they killed off EI, given that EI did its best to kill FR in its early days and it was only through the intervention of a government minister that FR was thrown a life line.
FR are long past the phase in their growth where they buy airlines to expand. Just look at what happened to Buzz.
As for FR Long Haul …. FR don’t do unions so why purchase a company with a legacy of union power in order to start a new low cost long haul operation? Frankly that makes no sense and doesn't match their business model.
JAS