The only way it might possibly work for easyJet at Cork again might be if they were to do a Ryanair and base an aeroplane. Now that would get everyone's attention. Hire some locally based cabin/flight crews and techies and get their photos in D'Echo to get some good local publicity. After all, both FR and EI seem to be not keen on basing any more aeroplanes locally so there does appear to be a tiny window of opportunity there and a 149 seater jet might be potentially the best possible platform anyway for a Cork based opeation. Go the whole way and set up under an Irish AOC, paint the colours green and there you are, the perfect rival for FR and yet another headache to have to deal with for Cork Airport!
Even a seasonal type operation would be okay to complement year rounders. Anything from LGW, BFS, EDI, BRS, NCL, BRU, DUS, GVA, SZG or MUC, VLC, Venice etc. Perhaps, for cities and markets the size of Cork aircraft the size of ERJ 195s might be even better for Cork. Am I correct in concluding a 99 seat aircraft would need just a cabin crew of two F/As?
It may be argued that the FR 189 seaters are probably too big for any likely routes out of Cork apart from the London Airports?