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Oct 6, 2006 | 2:51 am

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Volvic

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Originally Posted by Wexflyer

Absolutely not. It does not even arise as Bermuda II is for UK/US air traffic, not Ireland/US. Under the Ireland/US agreement, Irish airlines operating to the US must be Irish **owned** (greater than 50% of stock).

And an hypothetical Aer Lingus purchased by British Airways is going to be ...? Irish ? British ?

And if to remain Irish and keep the longhaul BA can only purchase a (even big) minority stake, but still a minority, why it should bother ?

Anyway, after the MOL offer, the BA option could be not any more realisitc.

Last edited by Volvic; Oct 6, 2006 at 3:12 am

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