O'Leary couldn't make most of his routes work from Shannon before - he kept the profitable ones going there - I don't see what is changing at the moment to make the others viable now.
Yes becasue the NOC routes are so porfitable.....FR have fares for under €5 on the euro routes.
SNN debit write off to the DAA is not costing the tax payer a penny but if NOC got a debit write off it would cost the tax payer. I can't see NOC having any debits as they said the airprot was profitable in 2010 not sure about 2011 though.
Can't see Knock suffering too much from this as long as the current government are in power at least.
Yes because our Goverment is running the country and make all the decions right!!! If NOC has such a low cost base why can't they manage there finances as good as they are at getting in new carriers and SNN will never be able to have such a low cost base as it actually caters for business passengers unlike NOC which realy only opens for lunch during the winter and slighly longer in the summer.