Dublin/Alicante
It is truly amazing that EI and FR 'compete' on DUB ALC, yet they always in each season seem to have flights on the same days often at similar times, and prices outrageous.
Take this Christmas, between €475 and €540 return each including one checked bag. Flights dont seem to be heavily booked either.
Highly unlikely that many would accept this but it seems in so many ways that the 2 airlines in some way work together in the interest of yield on some routes. And then some comment that once Ryanair takeover the collective unit of EI and FR can still drive value for the consumer.
Ironically, for the last 2 summers, Belfast has more flights per week to Alicante than Dublin did and the Dublin Alicante route in the height of the celtic tiger had as many as 3 and sometimes 4 flights per day return.
One does wonder....