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Aer Lingus to bid for UK slots at Heathrow. Irish flag carrier, Aer Lingus, is considering an expansion into domestic flights in Britain. Sep 18, 2020 Heathrow slot allocations based on alliance and core partnerships: Star Alliance remains unchanged whilst the inclusion of Aer Lingus and Virgin Atlantic give oneworld and SkyTeam a boost. There is lots of other interesting information in the Airport Coordination report. For example, on page 4 you can see who gained slots for Summer 2020. Its most valuable asset may be its landing slots at Heathrow, and the company has flown near-empty planes into the airport to keep those slots open. Aer Lingus operates 23 slots through its. Book cheap flights online today with Aer Lingus. Fly from the USA to Ireland, Britain and Europe with us as well as find hotels and more. The airline group, headed by former Aer Lingus chief Willie Walsh, said it would agree to operate the 23 Heathrow slots on Irish routes for five years, which it added was a stronger commitment.
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August 10, 2007 at 10:30 am11 comments
As has been fairly well shown in the Shannon-Heathrow debacle, the 25% stake the government continues to hold in Aer Lingus is valueless to the population at large. The government either cannot, or doesn’t wish to use it to influence their strategic policy – so, bar comforting the Aer Lingus unions there, why should we keep it?
Rather, what has been shown is that the real issue is not the airline, but rather the slots. While I appreciate there are difficulties with the ownership of slots, and potential changes in Heathrow, what I would propose is that the Irish government seeks to sell its 25% stake in the company back to Aer Lingus – in return for some form of deal which would include ownership of a number of their strategic slots i.e. those at Heathrow. These slots could be continued to be used by Aer Lingus for routes from Ireland, but if they closed down a route those slots could then be rented to other airlines for services from Ireland.
What puts this issue into further light was that on the radio the other Jeffrey Donaldson suggested that the competitor with Belfast for the Aer Lingus hub was Birmingham. Whatever about giving business north, moving it truly abroad is a different matter. Certainly, something worth considering, and possible a damn sight more useful than having a minority share in the company.
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Further research obviously would be needed, particularly with regard to issues relating to the true ownership of the Heathrow slots and also Brussels competition law, but it is definitely something worth looking at.
Edit: One of our own, Dan O’Sullivan proposed something similar a year ago. Pity event proven him right. Indeed, Olivia Mitchell was raising concerns about the Heathrow slots and possibly retaining them going back to 2005.
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