Originally Posted by ALLMCC
If Aer Arann operated the Belfast route under Aer Lingus Regional, it would almost certainly be to and from BFS to tie in with Aer Lingus mainline services
I doubt it. The route is a business route between the 2 cities, and would carry next to no connecting traffic, so tieing it in with their BFS network would not only provide no feeder traffic, but would lose any business flyers as well, so BFS would be a non-runner IMO.
Regarding the ORK-DUB route, I really don't get Aer Arann's logic in axeing it. I thought the whole purpose of Aer Lingus Regional was to increase feeder/connecting traffic through Dublin, as well as consolidating existing routes. Surely adding ORK-DUB to the Aer Lingus Regional network would make more sense than any other route thats been added so far, as they could feed Cork traffic directly into Aer Lingus' USA network? Theres definitely a market, just ask BA or Virgin...