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He doesn't want to bring Ryanair into major airports like Charles de Gaulle or Frankfurt-Main. Nor does he want to get his hands on cheap long-haul aircraft.
"We have no desire to take Aer Lingus and paint yellow harps on them. We need a two-airline brand strategy."
Instead, he will grow Aer Lingus from 10 million to 15 million passengers a year by taking Aer Lingus into new bases across Europe, working as Aer Lingus, not Ryanair. For example, we have a very large base in Charleroi in Brussels. At the moment Zaventem is wide open for a real aggressive competitor. You have only got SN Brussels which is badly run by Lufthansa.
"Aer Lingus could go into Zaventem, which has five or 10 aircraft, and become the main airline in Brussels."
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