vkid......feel your treating this thread with a sledgehammer, if people don't like yours views you smash them. You have stated consistently that you want all the smaller regionals closed - fair enough that is your opinion - my point is basically that that cannot happen until there is real choice from SNN and currently there is not, and why because of the ridiculous FR deal. Of all the regions that need a viable airport it is Waterford, two hours to Cork and three to Dublin, to suggest that the ferry is adequate transport infrastructure is absurd.
CCR I agree but RE will not go back to SNN/DUB have been there twice already, and they would not risk starting anything else with FR there, and who can blame them, SNN does not qualify for PSO status to Dublin as EI currently operate the route.