Thing is, perhaps if BA takes over Aer Lingus, Aer Lingus Regional (Stobart Air's main customer) will probably be shut down, leaving Stobart to fend for themselves. Which they will probably lose.
Seems possible, but EI Regional probs won't shut down. BA has CityFlyer, which is its regional wing. EI Regio will still be there, albeit it might be pushed to operate by itself instead of Stobart.
I would say Lufthansa gonna goes under soon. I mean, B747 and A340 in this era? No wonder they keep losing money. Not to mentioned they only started retiring their B737 classic this year. The strike and the Germanwings accident don't help either. They don't follow the aircraft trend soon enough. I mean, still no B787 or A330NEO order. I can't believe they are actually ordering B747-8i instead of B777-300ER. Now that's stupid isn't it.
Haha nope. IIRC, Lufthansa is still making profits. If it slips, the German government will probably step in and do something. It feeds Germany's main demand for air transport, so it going down in flames seems unlikely.
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Maybe Flybe will go down. Maybe. Hope so. If it does, I think I'll die of happiness.