Aer Lingus ‘still committed to Belfast’
31.08.08
Despite tumbling passenger numbers on its flagship Belfast International Airport to Heathrow route, which is running more than 60,000 behind the airline's abandoned Shannon to Heathrow link, Aer Lingus has pledged to continue the route, the Belfast Telegraph reports.
Chief Executive Dermot Mannion told BBC Radio Ulster that he was in for the ‘long haul’ and there was no question of pulling out of the route, despite the disappointing passenger numbers.
Earlier, Mr Mannion had warned that the airline would make a loss for the full year. The first-half year loss compared with a profit of €2.6m in the same period last year. He said its fuel bill rose by 48.7%, or €56.5m, over the year.
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