Interesting to read that Willie Walsh has become the first Aer Lingus CEO to take the stopover issue on, proposing that the government takes a more pro-active line on the issue, rather than waiting for the edict to come from BRU. Of course, politically speaking, that the most likely.
More interestingly, from the point of view of this thread, he said that if the stopover rule were changed, EI could introduce six more US routes and double pax to 2m pa.
Given his success in growing European routes, it must be a pretty plausible claim. Let's hope SB continues to show his fine performance and runs with this issue, once and for all . . .