Very frustrating to see Edinburgh go, it did just seem to be establishing itself during the summer in terms of loads, unfortunately I guess it wasn't paying its way.
In ten years of flying between Scotland and the West of Ireland I have now seen the following routes come and go:
SNN-PIK (FR)
SNN-GLA (EIR, then BE)
SNN-EDI (FR)
GWY-GLA (BA/Loganair)
GWY-EDI (RE)
NOC-EDI (BE)
NOC-GLA (WW)
...leaving us with SNN-EDI (EIR) and the upcoming NOC-PIK route. I have flown on all those routes at one time or another other then the GWY-GLA one. It seems to be a real struggle to get a sustainable route/carrier setup on these routes. EIR's EDI-SNN is the only route surviving this winter - and even that has been cut back.
Hopefully NOC-PIK becomes the route that bucks the trend but with BE dropping EDI I'd have a real fear now that by summer 2015 we'll be back to a situation where NOC has no direct links to Scotland.