Aer Arran to cease from Waterford
 

Just heard on the news that Aer Arran is to cease operation from Waterford
Airport in Southern Ireland as from 6th Jan 2013 and current Waterford
Aer Arran staff will be reabsorbed into the company elsewhere...

I'm sure another operator will take up the slack and offer a route to London.

London has been served almost continually since 1985 with various different airlines such as Ryanair,Suckling,Manx,Euroceltic and Arann.

One problem though is if you want to attract the business traffic, then you have to base an aircraft in WAT to offer an early AM departure and evening arrival. This may be a prohibitive cost to many.

You also need an aircraft with good economics such as an AT72 or Q400 so you can offer low fares to compete with cheap alternatives to ORK and DUB.

I think LTN has proved over the years to provide the strongest London airport for WAT traffic.

Why do we need a new thread? The news has been covered on the threads for both the airports

I only saw this thread because i was looking for a Waterford thread. The other thread is only about Aer lingus regional so i guess the discussions about future WAT operators in that thread is in the wrong place.

I've no comment to make on Aer Lingus regional so i didn't post on that thread.

Waterford Airport thread is here - would be a logical place to continue any discussion on replacement carriers.

And its Aer Arann, not Aer Arran! :ok: