Originally Posted by
iwhak
I am definitely missing something here. Cessna 172 VFR operations year round in Ireland. Add weight of floats, oh where to put 3 pax plus baggage, and all on an AOC!, and it does DUB/GWY in 40 mins - course there are never any headwinds, silly me. Am off to doc for some magic pills.
In fairness I would guess that the east-of-the-Shannon routes would need to wait for a Twin Otter (which according to the website their business plan anticipates in Year 3). I do agree the 172 would be adequate for sightseeing and little else, and the C208 may be a bit better for short-range A-to-B transport. (As to the
economics of a Dublin-Galway seaplane service, that's another story... but perhaps Dublin-Mountshannon-Killarney could be a dark-horse entry for the Kerry PSO newly vacated by Mr O'Leary
)
I wish them well, but it's a very tough sell in today's Ireland. Now if they were proposing this three or four years ago...