Oh yeah I see the Southerners are now complaining about the subsidies! What about the £7 billion they got from UK taxpayers (this equates to £1600 for every Southerner) or the US$9M Aer Lingus got from US taxpayers to operate Hartford or all the subsidies they have been throwing about for years......what a bunch of hypocrites.
Two points:
The UK gets the money back, NI Goverment gets nothing from UA
UK didn't have to give the money but it was because of NI they did, would also use the words stones in glass houses as the English have been bailing you for for decades.
Take the divide aside 140 pounds per passenger is outrageous considering United will probally still charge another 250 odd on top so they could be banking 390 pounds each way, passengers flying out of Belfast are probally paying highest UK-NYC fares.
UA may have a point about making more on the B752's elsewhere however it very questionable. Question needs to be asked where should NI draw the line if they come back in 3 years. Would people support more money going to it? It won't stop the flow to Dublin.