Aer Lingus Fleet/ Routes Discussion Pt 2 (ALL possible routes included)

I wouldn't be suprised if Emerald saw other opportunities with both Blue Islands and Eastern outside of DUB route.

Montpelier will announce shortly for EI, heard from someone inside, and somewhere in Northern Europe in Norway/sweden for 2026

and no reason why they couldn’t do it either.

Don't they already do Jersey, a forgettable twice weekly summer service? Definitely room for some frequency increases though. Not sure there'd be as much demand for Guernsey.

https://www.independent.ie/business/aer-lingus-warns-it-may-close-manchester-base/a1870250572.html

Aer Lingus could close its base in Manchester as it struggles to make it profitable, it has warned staff there today.

A closure would affect about 200 staff members at the operation.

The airline, headed by chief executive Lynne Embleton, has insisted that the operating margin on its long-haul operations from the city continue to “significantly lag” those of the airline’s long-haul operation out of Ireland.

Aer Lingus operates direct services from Manchester to destinations in the Caribbean as well as New York.

In a note to Aer Lingus staff seen by the Irish Independent, the airline said that its executive team held a briefing with staff at Manchester today.

I would largely agree unlikely to close beacsue of this dispute however the tactic could be executed without any major fallout. This would be more difficult in Ireland.

The lack of additional aircraft and aging fleet for the next few years at DUB might be weighed up againt alleged underperformance of MAN base and a decision might need to be made which is best financially.

In negotiations, you start with asking for a lot but you ultimately meet somewhere in the middle. That's how pretty much every negotiation starts. It seems a bit unreasonable on the face of it probably because it is.

Regardless, a moderate pay increase for cabin crew will barely even be noticeable on the bottom line of the company. They want to keep control, that's all. Allowing industrial action dictate the future of a company is just poor management.

Standard scare tactics you see across various industries. However if they are serious then you have to question are management really fit for purpose? How did they allow such an open goal at Manchester with very weak competition at the time get the better of them in the end? A big win for Virgin and TUI.

Could yes. Should will come down to profitability.