One would suspect any airline bidding for a European PSO route would have an AOC, a piece of paper Euromanx are alas missing at the moment. For the moment, it remains a travel agency selling tickets on behalf of Denim Air and wet leasing aircraft from a variety of airlines to perform its flights. Lots of rumblings about an Austrian AOC being imminent but, as of now, they do not have an AOC or an "AOC of convenience" to allow them operate in their own right and be called an airline. After the Euroceltic mess, the likelihood of any Irish civil servant letting Euromanx through the door with a PSO proposal is remote as, well, the Isle of Man really!
I have no doubt their services from Galway will be successful if they start on the right footing, specifically if they turn up on April 18th with the jet as promised and operate all the services promised. Delivering on announcements has not been their strong point of late, and the paucity of specifics about the Galway operation is a tad concerning. If they start well, they will succeed and also put pressure on RE to get their LTN schedules consistent and good. If euromanx do not deliver, they may kiss the west of Ireland good bye. Arriving on RE's patch with a jet is a coup, arriving with a wet leased turboprop when everyone wants to see the promised jet would be bad form.
One hopes that they will get the little AOC complication sorted out soon and start flying the RJ70's. How many remains to be seen but, unless the boffins in BAe managed to get the RJ70's bi-location capability sorted out, at least three units are to be assumed up and running by April 18th, although it may be that Flightline are retained until Euromanx-the airline sort out LCY certification for their own aircraft, crews and training?.