Originally Posted by
ashill
BA/IAG recently bought EI, so an expanded partnership with BA/IB/AA is somewhere between likely and certain. Ticketing/interline agreements are never exclusive; it's only tiny airlines like EI and B6 that even bother to mention them. I can't imagine the B6 interline agreement is an impediment to EI serving SEA or partnering with AS.
Aer Lingus has a clear role in the overall IAG strategy, and it is not to pursue entrepreneurial one-off linkups with second-tier airlines in other countries. It is to present a bargain alternative to BA but not cannibalize BA traffic.