Neidin, ref your paragraph above beginning with the now gone Aer Rianta - you are well wide of the mark about Jet 2 and Belfast. Simply not the case. As for BHX well bmi baby will score very well there all right.
Aer Arann's punctuality is an issue.
Last Friday RE hired in a Cityjet BAe 146 and combined two flights DUB-ORK.
There is talk here in Cork that RE will soon put on an hourly flight to Dublin. If so, punctuality will need to be tightened up and prices will need to be more attractive too.
A mix of new Dash 8 Q400 and Q300 like BEE would be a better bet giving greater flexibility with high and low cost fares with the Q300s suitable for operations out of GWY, CFN, SXL and Waterford?