Originally Posted by
1Aturnleft
Thanks. From the wording I'd be inclined to think no too but BA considers Euroflyer and Cityflyer as BA for the purpose of being operated British Airways. Same goes for Iberia Express and Iberia Regional operated by Air Nostrum operating as Iberia.
I see Emerald as a wholly owned subsidiary doing business as Aer Lingus in exactly the same way. Unfortunately it's not out of the realms of possibility for BA.com to be extremely poorly worded and written for full and complete understanding, hence the question.
That's the thing though, Emerald is not owned by Aer Lingus.
It is a completely separate company, which was founded by Conor McCarthy and bid for the Aer Lingus Regional franchise.
Same situation with the previous operator of Aer Lingus Regional, which was Stobart Air - also completely separate and not owned by Aer Lingus.