Aer Lingus - 6

[Una Due Tfc]

It's good for us all

FR have repeatedly operated routes in direct competition with rivals out of Ireland purely to chase away said competition, and then when said competition ceases ops on said route, FR either bump up the price massively or cease said route altogether ( think EZY in SNN or some of Aer Arann's domestic routes). If FR were to buy EI then the consumer would suffer.

Also the repeated FR takeover attempts have prevented fleet/base expansion by EI on numerous occassions. 2 successful airlines operating multiple routes from Irish Airports is good for the consumer. And don't give the FlyBe excuse, we know exactly what FR would do after their protection is up