Ireland Vacations with MyGuideIreland » Aerlingus PLC http://www.myguideireland.com/blog My Guide Ireland Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:19:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Is this the best example of cyber squatting I have ever seen or just pure genius http://www.myguideireland.com/blog/is-this-the-best-example-of-cyber-squatting-i-have-ever-seen-or-just-pure-genius/ http://www.myguideireland.com/blog/is-this-the-best-example-of-cyber-squatting-i-have-ever-seen-or-just-pure-genius/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:46:57 +0000 myguideIreland Travel Tips http://www.myguideireland.com/blog/is-this-the-best-example-of-cyber-squatting-i-have-ever-seen-or-just-pure-genius/ Continue reading →]]>

Today I was looking for Aerlingus’ corporate website (or at least a site where there was information for peopel other than passengers) and I stumbled on www.aerlingusplc.com. What I found was eye-opening to say the least.

Despite Ryanair owning 29.4% of AerLingus, these two airlines are fierce competitors and are always in battle for customers. When I saw this I did a little research and found that when you do a google search for AerLingusplc, there is the Ryanair version of the site ranked at number 1. This search also revealed that Ryanair also own www.aerlingusplc.net.

The European Commission blocked a proposed takeover of AerLingus by Ryanair last year on following a rejection by the Aer Lingus board. Is the ownership of two Aer-lingus titled websites is a sweet dig back at the Irish national airline for Michael O’Leary or just childishness?

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