EI Expansion at ORK
Fifth airbus should be based at ORK. Competition from Ryanair intense at DUB with EI dropping routes there e.g. Seville. Regional airports can only support one airline on any route and EI should consolidate its position in ORK as the airline with the widest European network. Ryanair unlikely to compete given its need to funnel passegers into its network at SNN.There also appears to be a shift away from year round European routes to summer only European routes and year round UK routes at SNN.
German Routes - Based on fares over past months to Berlin and Munich, these routes appear to be successful. Munich in particular is serving the ski market as it is two hours by train to the ski resorts of Austria. Other than the three days per week service to Dusseldorf from SNN, the only other routes from Germany to the South and West of Ireland are Munich and Berlin. A further route to Cologne or Dusseldorf should be explored.
Switzerland - Based on the above, a winter route to Geneva should be feasible.
Scandanavia - Copenhagen should have a chance of succeeding.
Eastern Europe/Baltic States - Budapest, Warsaw, Riga and Vilnius all available.
Summer Routes - Plenty of bucket and spade routes to operate - Palma; Ibiza; Malta; Fuerteventura; Bourgas.