NOC's press release seems to think they have a right to the routes..
No they have the right to fair competition for the routes
SNN could support a daily CDG flight but NOC could not.
It would seem so, but the two most recent trials failed (AF/EI).
Agree a complete pull won'y happen at most you will lose BGY, HHN, BVA. I have always said that NOC are over relaient on FR and that something like this could happen.
As have most of us, it's no surprise Shannon independence long flagged and FR will exploit. What is somewhat of a surprise is that the DOT don't seem as favourable to supporting NOC as they seemed to be (deafening silence from local TDs), and the incentives being mentioned along with debt write-down do seem to give SNN a very advantageous starting point without any mention of efficiency.