A real shame Aer Arann are cutting their domestic routes from Cork to Dublin and Belfast. They now will regrettably only offer flights from Cork to Britain and summer only flights to France. The public chose to fly with Ryanair to Dublin due to the unbeatable fares which they offer on the route. Now that they will become a monopoly on this route, their fares will no doubt increase and the number of flights decrease
The only way Aer Arann could compete on the Dublin route is to move it to the Aer Lingus Regional brand and offer full connectivity through Dublin not just on the transatlantic flights but their entire network ex-Dublin.
Cutting a successful route to Belfast is another retrograde step by Aer Arann. We'll just have to get used to driving between Cork and Belfast again, although with the new motorway, its only around a 4 hours drive now.