bigjim99,
I think there is a gap for a small jet to fill the hole between an A319/320 and the ATR for EI. Whether they would be operated by Stobart or Lingus is another question.
It's not just that the size being between the airbus and the ATR, it was more about range I was referring to!
In terms of the times being awful on some of the routes that were axed e.g. DSA, I expect this is true but the challenge there is that the fleet cannot support peak flying times due to the commitment of these to the peak routes, MAN BHX etc currently help fill the off peaks, and others like JER etc.
I'd be very interested to see if they venture to BHD in the EIR guise, though I have no doubt that EI and BE will encounter a conflict of interest, that will make for an interesting outcome.