That is not true. Aer Lingus codeshares still bookable and interline still in place.
Please try and book a flight from Belfast or Dublin to London/Heathrow and tell me when your being offered flights on EI metal? If you had read what I said from the beginning I also pointed out flights from Cork/Shannon remained on-sale.
It'll be interesting to see how far they go with it though, it could involve Aer Lingus operating some flights to Abu Dhabi, and Etihad feeding Aer Lingus' USA routes.
Your right there that's probably the gist of this new relationship. Should we now expect an improvement to Aer Lingus Business class product then?