Slot sitting
Agreed BA have already gone from 8 announced to Dublin, only ever got to 7 and now down to 5 from S13
Easy and FLYBE do not fly to Ireland , they are domestic operators to BFS BHD...Easy did try once but were chased off by FR pretty well overnight , and that same scenario will happen again once FR get EI, the alleged replacemnt carriers will get a free run for a while , maybe even a season then they will be undercut and scheule matched until they leave, as in GO BUZZ and currently Whizz on CorkPoland
BA will never make money shorthaul and they just need feed for Longhaul ex ireland ,,,, thats the bit outside the UK, ....
BUT
Any brief look at Longhaul ex IRELAND tells you ba are finsihed,
Emirates Etihad and now Turkish have taken the longhaul traffic South and East and the 10-14 flights a day westbound to USA take that longhaul slice.
When BA left Ireland 20 years ago they had a Longhaul product ex IRELAND
However its moved now to the new hubs , new planes, lower fare, less termianl swaps etc.
IRELAND is tiny but supports Etihad x10 a week to go 12 from S13, 6x777 and 6x330
Emirates 777 X7 a week soon to go 14 daily
Turkish daily soon to go 10 a week 737-900
Ba will re visit code share with EI in IRELAND , not sure about domestic UK BHD MAN ABZ EDI but deffinitley IRELAND
But their feed has gone, maybe they dont need it as certainly their capapcity cut backs reflect this.