Originally Posted by
mikkie4
with all the talk of ryanair buying EIR what will happen to aer lingus(regional) flights ,cant see MOL keeping them.could they become aer arren again,or stobard air as they seem to be buying lots of shares at the moment
Nothing will happen to Aer A
rann as a result of Ryanair's bid, as it has been clear for some time now that the European Commission will not allow the bid to proceed.
The Commission's concern is with route competition and market power in Dublin, and Ryanair's proposed remedies of route-by-route remedies (offering different routes to different airlines) don't solve the market power issue.
The only remedy Ryanair could offer which would satisfy the Commission would be to offer slots for most or all of the DUB duopoly routes to a
single carrier which would then have a big enough network out of DUB to compete effectively with Ryanair. Realistically, that'd be someone like easyJet. Unless FR is prepared to do that (!), they won't get approval.