Well, it is getting to look more like that there will be no 5th Aer Lingus A320 at Cork next summer and no new routes for now after next week's start of Madrid, Prague and Lanzarote. The overlaps that were in the schedule that would have suggested another aircraft are being tightened up and it looks like we will instead have four fully tasked A320s next summer. Time for EI to consolidate on their position at Cork as a 5th unit would have meant a whole host of new routes and the risk to overall yield management that might have triggered - just look on it as a wise regrouping of the business model for Cork?
Obviously, a tad disappointing for Cork that it looks like there will be no strictly new EI routes next summer but overall the business model appears to be fairly sound especially now in the fluid circumstances of the Ryanair 20 per cent holding etc.
So, what about Spanair for PMI and SAS for CPH? It would be great!
Anyway, never a dull moment at Cork! Are ye jazzin' this weekend?