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Aer Lingus Shannon

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  • 10-03-2008 2:30pm
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    FlutterinBantam
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    Looks like Aer Lingus seriously considered abandoning services x Snn for the winter!!!

    Nice to see the former national carrier is no longer prepared to roll over and have it's teats sucked dry by the various interests.

    Seems EI told them to put their money where their mouth was.

    About time I says.... enough taxpayers money has been wasted making the vested interests fat .


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    [HTML]Aer Lingus 'had doubts' on Shannon
    Monday, 10 March 2008 12:51
    Aer Lingus has confirmed that its winter services from Shannon to the US were in serious doubt until recently. The development comes only months after airline controversially dropped its service from Shannon to Heathrow.

    The airline today announced it was continuing the US routes after it secured support from local tourism groups and cost reductions.

    Aer Lingus's move to axe its Heathrow route led to difficult relations between the airline and the local tourism lobby. Last month the airline met tourism interests in the region.

    AdvertisementIt said its routes to the US from Shannon in winter were in doubt in the absence of significant support from the industry. Today it announced it was continuing the routes to Boston, Chicago and New York from Shannon from October.

    It also secured additional flexibility from staff and lower landing charges at Shannon Airport. A €3m budget to market holidays in the region has also been secured from Government. [/HTML]


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    highlydebased
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    They pull the rather important LHR route with a 'we couldnt care less' attitude and wonder why they no longer get any support. Interesting............!!


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