Stobart Air growth....
So much new routes coming on line in the guise of Aer Lingus Regional and speculating where the gaps/ opportunities that are outstanding Dublin/ UK wise, I'd see them as;
Dublin to;
Liverpool, Luton, Stansted, Newquay and the proposed Carlisle route when that airport comes on stream. All of the above could be EIR except Carlisle, which I'd see as being Flybe territory? The rest of the dots are joined, now that EIR model seems quite happy and able to compete against Ryanair with the support of the transit passengers to the US routes.
Perhaps it is time for Stobart to start thinking about a few Jet types e.g. C Series, to look at opportunities for near european destinations, in support of Aer Lingus, take BRU as an example, won't be much different to MAN and BHX Dublin routes with overload of capacity, A320 may be hard to fill off peak. A jet type may offer opportunities on other routes not served by Aer Lingus.
On a separate note, Loganair as a franchise operator seem to be getting some opportunities on Flybe routes, e.g. GLA MAN. Does anybody foresee that Stobart may get opportunities for BE routes that are under performing outside of say SEN, in the regions? We may see future direction including expansion of the Flybe franchise to include additional bases in the UK?