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Old Dec 16, 2008, 11:59 am
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irishguy28
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You all talk as if EI's LHR slots are just hanging around, unused.

Remember the uproar when EI terminated its SNN-LHR service (in order to start up its BFS-LHR service)? I don't think the Government or anyone else would be pleased if EI cut back on its existing services from Ireland to LHR - so although EI has the 4th most slots of any airline at LHR, I'm not sure how easily they could be stripped from Aer Lingus to be deployed amongst SkyTeam if AFKL did come on board.
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