Ha, ha! Nice one! As you say let us hope it ends the 3 am arrivals into Cork. There have at times been far too many delays and late arrivals into Cork. Maybe the ATR-72 sized aeroplane is Aer Arann's only way to compete with Ryanair though there is a small part of me wondering if they should have been a tiny bit more ambitious and do a FlyBe and have ordered an ERJ 175 sized aircraft to broaden the horizon. Such a size would have been able to seat about 84 or 86 passengers and they would achieve a better range giving more opportunities to try a greater selection of newer routes?
The new ATRs are still good news, of course, and let us wish Aer Arann well with the new deal. Perhaps now is the time for as least risk as possible and that the ATRs better fill that bill!
Last edited by Tom the Tenor; 11th Jul 2012 at 18:38.