Aeroskid,
Amen to that! About time we saw a little diversity in the Aer Lingus network...
and yes, if Signal are pis$ed, that is indeed an encouraging sign!
Just an after-thought: could it not be that EI has excluded the A340 here in the hope that Airbus might make an offer for said aircraft that EI could not refuse? WW is indeed shrewd when it comes to new aircraft deals as we saw from the long drawn out european fleet selection...