mark_heg
How would an A319 pay for itself ex Cork? No freight worth discussing and about 120 pax? What would the fare be? Slattery's couldn't make a 757, half again as big as a 319, work!
As a Corkman I would love to see more ORK flights but the reality of Jetmagic's demise is that Cork pax will not pay too high a premium when SNN is 120 minutes up the road and probably nearer 90 minutes when the Shannon tunnel is done, and EI has the 7.30am to LHR.
I took a 5.5hr flight in a 319 from YYZ-UVF, I certainly wouldn't face 8+ hours in a 319 in EI econ. A319s would be interesting to the east coast of Canada but you have another 1000-2000km to go from there before you reach YYZ/BOS/EWR/JFK/PHL/DTW etc.
The fascination in Ireland with every airport having to have a link to JFK eludes me. In the UK, having every region of more than 400k having a direct link to the East Coast would fill the skies over Ireland.