Originally Posted by
en2r
Cork has always attracted a significant number of people from Waterford, but more routes there will surely have a knock-on effect on Cork
I think that RE can see EI eating up many of its' tradtional routes out of Cork. MAN and BHX are the first examples. To be fair RE have a nasty fleet of old ATR's, and so-so service. Would you prefer an ATR or 320? The advantage is their ability to offer multiple daily flights, as they used to do on MAN nad BHX. RE are targeting the likes of WAT, LBA, SOU etc because EI/FR can either not get in there or make it work with 320/738. The inability to perform Cat II also does nothing to ehance their compeditiveness. The sooner the new ATRs come the better.