Mr. Joe Thompson:

There is the ability in principle to make connections between those services and Virgin Atlantic services, but with very restricted availability of inventory and on routings that are really not very attractive to consumers. For example, the only services that are operated by Air France and KLM into our main base at Heathrow are those from Amsterdam and Paris, which are their major hubs, and pretty much every destination that we serve from Heathrow is served directly from Amsterdam or Paris, so there is much less consumer benefit in enabling those connections versus the wealth of destinations that are served out of London today. The breadth and depth of the schedule out of London and the popularity with Irish consumers of making connections via our UK airports not just at Heathrow but at Gatwick and Manchester, in partnership with an effective interline agreement with attractive rates, allow competitive fares to be offered and enable smooth transfers with good access to seats on one another's flights. The important point is that not all interline agreements are created equal. There is a big difference between an effective interline agreement and standard IATA-type interlining, which really does not enable significant passenger flows.