Fairly sure, yes. From what I understand the loads on the Aer Arran flights were reasonable, or at the very least enough for them to continue operating. They pulled out shortly after Ryanair started. It seems fairly obvious why!

Paul

The Aer Arann routes varied massively, sometimes they could be full, but quite often the flights were attracting no more than single figures, especially the Galway. Undoubtedly though, The FR Shannon put an end to both the ORK and GWY flights. The loads on the Shannon were apalling though, very rarely attracting more than 50 on a 189 seater. Will be very interesting to see how the Knock does when it starts.