Originally Posted by
Charlie Roy
EI announced ORK - PRG earlier this year 1-3-5-7 and successfully bullied Czech Airlines off the route where they provided a daily service along with a host of interesting connection possiblities.
To be fair I dont thaink that CSA were "bullied" off PRG. If I recall correctly it was not long after the EI decision to operate ORK-PRG that CSA announced they would be pulling off the route. I highly doubt that EIs presence at PRG was the PRIMARY consideration for CSA. To make such an announcment the route was clearly under evaluation. If the route was profitable and had good prospects then I suspect that CSA would have reduced frequencies rather than pulled completely, but with the entry of EI there was no point. As SN found out on BRU, Cork is a low yield destination. When CSA started the route it was the only connection to eastern Europe. Now the market is totally different, many destinations, many flights, many carriers.