Think todays EIR announcement is a very good thing for Waterford. Being able to presumably mention Waterford as part of the the widespread EI advertising in the London area is going to be fantastic for WAT. The EI brand at least has name recognition in Britain, something that RE can never achieve.
Having travelled on -CBK pre and now post makeover, it is now in fine condition in the eyes of Joe public. Wall panels seem to have been replaced and the cloth seats have been replaced with leather seats similar to what used to be in -REA/EF/EE. The colourscheme alone takes years off from a PAX point of view! Coulden't really tell if cabin noise was reduced, I know there has been mentions of additional vibration absorbers being installed?
SEN while a fine airport with the new terminal, is still the wrong gateway for London-Waterford flights in my opinion. While its great that LTN seems to be daily from WAT for the summer, hopefully in time the powers that be in EI will put pressure for the early and late WAT rotations to be to LTN rather than SEN. Minor point on what is a good news day for WAT.
