The construction of the new terminal has been delayed for several years over objections from rival Ryanair, but Dublin's airport operator finally secured court approval in January to go ahead with the project. Aer Lingus opened a new but relatively small transfer facility last year at its existing terminal, which will allow it to slowly build up transfer traffic in the lead up to the opening of Terminal 2. In its first move to promote transfers, Aer Lingus will begin selling in April on its websites fares combining its two point-to-point networks. These fares will use the same technology that Aer Lingus has developed to support new joint tickets with JetBlue Airways (see p11). Since its 2002 transformation into a low-cost carrier, Aer Lingus has treated its long-haul network, which serves seven US cities, and its short-haul network, which serves nearly 100 cities in Europe, as two entirely separate operations. But as it expands its transatlantic operation it needs to rely more on feed.