Heard a rumour that Aer Arann are to start flights to Manchester and Edinburgh in the summer
Rather obvious routes given the size of the Northern Ireland passenger pool to these destinations, the big surprise is it hasn't happened sooner.
But didn't Aer Arann previously operate the Manchester route about 10 years ago before pulling it after losing out on the Dublin PSO. And didn't they state a year or so ago that they were retrenching and wanted to wet lease their aircraft instead of expanding into new routes?
Indeed what would new routes to EDI and MAN mean for the DUB route after the PSO ends? Perhaps a glimmer of light . . . .