The Eirjet thread has more but I am hearing that EIR are shortly to wet lease an A320 to Air Jamaica during the busy Caribbean winter season so the chances of the story having anything to do with charters flights from Ireland to the USA must be slim?
It is mentioned earlier in the thread and I say it again - do not get overly hung up on the North Atlantic thing from Cork because if there was a choice of having either New York or some kind of combination of, say, Krakow, Riga, Copenhagen and Berlin you would have to go for more European routes.
Cork is now set up with Prague, Budapest and Warsaw so it is clear that a lot of Cork's growth is coming to us from Eastern Europe so let us get that right before worrying about a North Atlantic. With Europe it is easier operationally; lower operating costs, no crews overnighting, aeroplanes back again to base after a few hours, a quick turn around and off again and fly more and make more money.
Last edited by Tom the Tenor; 24th Nov 2005 at 00:33.