It was posted on this thread that EIR would announce the route on Monday or Tuesday, so that suggests that all didn't go to plan for them. A bit arrogant of them to assume that they would get the route to themselves if they wanted it, no?
On one side I like the idea of more of an EI presence at the airport, but on the other side neither EI or RE have shown much interest in developing routes at Knock in recent years, preferring instead to focus on Shannon & Galway respectively. Now that the airport is going well they want in - but only on routes where there is a proven demand such as Gatwick and Birmingham. Seemingly no interest in developing routes that are new to the airport. On that basis you'd prefer BE to get it, they are showing a genuine interest in developing niche routes at the airport and having dependable profitable routes like MAN and BHX on their schedule makes them more likely to try other new routes...maybe even base or overnight an aircraft at some point in the future.
Last edited by Kinocker; 11th May 2012 at 17:26.