Brand awareness in Ireland only as outside of that it pretty much doesn't exist.
What exactly is your point?
The initial brand awareness point was raised in relation to FlyBe potentially taking on 40% of the Aer Lingus short haul network so whether you believe Aer Lingus brand awareness exists outside of Ireland is irrelevant. The fact is if FlyBe were to take on and operate this 40% they would have a very tough time even with the possible 3 year breathing space without the direct Ryanair competition as their brand is far weaker in Ireland and practically unknown in Europe.
So if we're going to talk about brand awareness for flights to/from Ireland (which we are), I think it's pretty clear Aer Lingus have got FlyBe beat.
Why iseveryoneforgetting that Seamus Brennan TD Rip ordered Aerlingus to stop flying to Stansted to let Ryanair have a London route without competitionn.. They were almost broke at the time.
Maybe because it's ancient history, all part of the politics back then. Sadly that doesn't stop some people bringing up the days when Aer Lingus used to rip off the travelling public (along with every other national airline) to back up their weak argument for supporting the take over.