With the modest rwy length increase hopefully in place soon, would Aer Lingus to Gatwick on an A319 once daily be viable, similar to Knock. Would the A319 get off 1583m without load restrictions for a 1 hour flight? My guess is it would though not sure how what Aer Lingus policy on narrow runways would be.
I know morning and evening flights are the preferred option but that requires a based aircraft or at least a night stopper and with no viable solution to that forth coming as yet then maybe it might work. At least they would be free of Ryanairs clutches!