BA to ISLAND
BA had a vloe relationship with EI , very close but then opted to compromise it when they took over BMI and upped the LHR DUB schedule considerably,
Now BA have reduced the LHR DUB scheule already and further reductions come S13
I think BA will revit EI relationship as current BA desire to feed LH via LHR is flawed,
TERM 1 to 5 transfer is not a happy experience
BA will phase out B737 take delivery mor LH aircraft and move some of their large number slots to LH routes inc some of those on LHR DUB
I like BA but they are brutal at SH marketing , and becasue they are so dominant in LHR maybe they lost a little focus on their feeder traffice , tried to target it themelves, but were never commited to doing it properly , eg TERM 5 should ahve been built with domestic feed in mind ...
anyway MOL bis is dead in the water , he has a real desire to closse EI as EI are so succesful at competing for LONDON traffic it kills his LGW STN LTN yelds among other routes, ...
There is a right row over BRU now that FR and EI have all those civil servants to fly to DUBLIN...
The only reason FR wants EI is to close it down, period.
At 7am EI and FR run 20-30 departrues ex DUB eavh, on identical routes DUBBHX DUB MAN DUBEDI DUBBRS or similar routes
DUBBRU DUBPAR DUBFRA DUBAMS
EI winds hands down on most of them but the real bugbear for MOL is the taxiway is crammed with green planes just as his first wave gets going , he hates wasting fuel , idling waiting for a gap to enter the queue to take off
IAG have loads slots , so when new airtcraft come they can expand, EI are about the best on shorthaul in Europe outside LCC , tightly run and profitable, high cash reserves and some great cash flow
BA need the feed and currently they are getting a few leftovers from the desert boys , LH and TK ......
EI are looking for some planes .....news on that soon