I took a flight from Dublin to Newquay last saturday. The Dash 8 was a bit long in the tooth but I thouroughly enjoyed the slowish (compared to a jet) climb over Dublin city at a low altitude. My first time in a turboprop out of Dublin actually.
From an Irish point of view its was real handy compared to having to drive from Bristol. I believe Air Southwest are going to be spending a bit of money promoting the area in Ireland so that should sustain it, the hostie told me they are getting about 25 people a day. She was real nice too
Long may it continue