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Aer Lingus\u2019 deal with CityJet for the London City airport to Dublin route has been cleared after a Competition and Market’s Authority probe.<\/p>\nAer Lingus\u2019 deal with CityJet for the London City airport to Dublin route has been cleared after a Competition and Market’s Authority probe.<\/p>\n
Under the deal, CityJet provides Aer Lingus with aircraft, crew, maintenance services and insurance to operate the route.<\/p>\n
However, the CMA investigated the agreement as, in addition to this arrangement, Aer Lingus acquired CityJet\u2019s landing slots at both London City and Dublin Airports.<\/p>\n
“Without the agreement, the assets transferred by CityJet to Aer Lingus would have instead been used to operate other routes, resulting in a loss of capacity and therefore less choice for customers on the London to Dublin route,” the CMA said in a statement this morning.<\/p>\n
2018 has been good for the Irish airline as for the first six months of the year they doubled their profits to \u20ac104 million.<\/p>\n