Also this could be purely just to compete with Ryanair. Ryanair fly to TFS twice on Saturdays, despite not flying there every other day of the week

No, Aer Lingus are to base 5 aircraft in Cork next summer. A huge increase in flights to Faro will help facilitate the extra aircraft.

This will most likely change now that the Dublin cap has been paused for S25, and due to continued Boeing delivery delays.

Next month is when we should start getting new route announcements from EI and FR.