Phibbleberry
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as someone who refuses to fly Ryanair, I would HATE to see o'leary in charge of Aer Lingus. Plus Aer Lingus safety record cannot be faulted...how many incidents have Ryanair had over the past few years? A lot!!!! its only a matter of time before one of those Ryanair birds go down imho.
I just don't believe they're safe to fly with. Lived in the States for years and saw many crashes of low budget airlines when i was there, so safety is my no. 1 priority when choosing a flight carrier. Google for incidents and emergency landings involving Ryanair craft and you'll find many. You find much for Aer Lingus, so AL wins out for me every time.
Hold on now, O'Leary would love nothing more than to take over Aerlingus and give Ryanair such strong control over the market. It is better that more competition exists.
I just don't believe they're safe to fly with. Lived in the States for years and saw many crashes of low budget airlines when i was there, so safety is my no. 1 priority when choosing a flight carrier. Google for incidents and emergency landings involving Ryanair craft and you'll find many. You won't find much for Aer Lingus, so AL wins out for me every time.
I just don't believe they're safe to fly with. Lived in the States for years and saw many crashes of low budget airlines when i was there, so safety is my no. 1 priority when choosing a flight carrier. Google for incidents and emergency landings involving Ryanair craft and you'll find many. You won't find much for Aer Lingus, so AL wins out for me every time.
So if I understand you right here, it is the state’s responsibility to fund and maintain an unprofitable airline so that there is competition in a minor relatively unattractive market?
I think that is the same argument used to justify a state run ESB or Gas Market with price control.
And we are behaving as if this would be a deal between equals. Aer Lingus is a minor player compared to Ryanair.
In other countries (ex) government owned airlines have long been sold to other major players and it’s for the benefit of that airports/countries.
Look at Brussels with the major airlines all flying after Sabena went bust and became Brussels Airlines and now is owned by Lufthansa.
Look at Vienna with major airlines all flying even with Austrian now soon in the hands of Lufthansa.
Or look at Switzerland with Swiss now being owned by Lufthansa and going from strength to strength.
Niche Carriers like Aer Lingus can actually only profit from having a strong mother company behind them.
O’Leary did not purpose of merging Aer Lingus into Ryanair, he wants to keep the brands separate and develop Aer Lingus further (like Lufthansa is doing with Swiss) and that would be to the benefit for Ireland as destination.
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