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Balmed Out

I was told recently that aer lingus will allow you go check in bags the night before for early flights which might let you sleep in a little. Handy if travelling with kids.

namloc1980

Flew from Cork to Stansted yesterday. On arrival in Stansted they were doing passport checks! First time I've ever had that experience in the UK after landing from Ireland. Must be gearing up for Brexit!

highlydebased

namloc1980 wrote:

Flew from Cork to Stansted yesterday. On arrival in Stansted they were doing passport checks! First time I've ever had that experience in the UK after landing from Ireland. Must be gearing up for Brexit!

Nothing to do with brexit, it's been a common experience at many UK airports for well over a year that they will spot check Irish flights

roundymac

Curb Your Enthusiasm wrote: »

Have a flight this Saturday morning at 6.25am.. what time should I be at the airport at?

Depends on who your flying with. If EI then you can drop your bags between 16.00 and 20.00hrs the night before and check in as well. If there is a group of you travelling only one of you has to turn up at that time but must have the pasports/travel docs with him/her. This is available on with Aer Lingus.
I should also have mentioned that this only applies to flights that are departing before 0800.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

roundymac wrote: »

Depends on who your flying with. If EI then you can drop your bags between 16.00 and 20.00hrs the night before and check in as well. If there is a group of you travelling only one of you has to turn up at that time but must have the pasports/travel docs with him/her. This is available on with Aer Lingus.
I should also have mentioned that this only applies to flights that are departing before 0800.

Its Ryanair.

roundymac

Curb Your Enthusiasm wrote: »

Its Ryanair.

That sorts that out so.:D

JCX BXC

The username is accurate.

In other news, Corks terminal movements are up by alot

"Ireland's Cork Airport reported the highest increase in commercial flight traffic last month with a significant 19.6% rise."

http://www.airport-technology.com/news/newsiaa-reveals-record-rise-in-terminal-flight-traffic-at-three-state-airports-4920631

daveyjoe

Flew from Cork -> Reus (south of Barcelona) and then Girona (north of Barcelona) -> Cork recently. I've never seen two airports so empty as Girona and Reus, they're not small airports either. I'm glad things aren't that bad here in Cork.

JCX BXC

daveyjoe wrote: »

Flew from Cork -> Reus (south of Barcelona) and then Girona (north of Barcelona) -> Cork recently. I've never seen two airports so empty as Girona and Reus, they're not small airports either. I'm glad things aren't that bad here in Cork.

Spanish airports are a whole different story, all big white elephants built by corrupt politicians out in the middle of nowhere. Completely incomparable to Cork!

highlydebased

Carnacalla wrote:

Spanish airports are a whole different story, all big white elephants built by corrupt politicians out in the middle of nowhere. Completely incomparable to Cork!

Don't think Reus or Girona can be compared to the likes of Castellón etc

Fabio

When are we going to hear news of the Boston route? Any rumours even?

snotboogie

highlydebased wrote: »

Carnacalla wrote:

Spanish airports are a whole different story, all big white elephants built by corrupt politicians out in the middle of nowhere. Completely incomparable to Cork!

Don't think Reus or Girona can be compared to the likes of Castell n etc

Just looked it up, Girona went from moving 5.5 million passengers in 2008 to 1.7 million in 2015!! No surprise that it looked empty

beer enigma

Fabio wrote: »

When are we going to hear news of the Boston route? Any rumours even?

Announcement due very shortly, confidence is high. News through that Karl Thompson of US government’s Office of Legal Counsel has told the US Dept of Transportation that they can't refuse a licence on the basis of the objections made.

run_Forrest_run

Carnacalla wrote: »

Spanish airports are a whole different story, all big white elephants built by corrupt politicians out in the middle of nowhere. Completely incomparable to Cork!

Probably not on the same scale but I'd say a few brown envelopes were handed out during the time of building Cork Airport, I mean seriously, building an airport on a hill that's prone to dense fog:rolleyes:

.red.

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

Probably not on the same scale but I'd say a few brown envelopes were handed out during the time of building Cork Airport, I mean seriously, building an airport on a hill that's prone to dense fog:rolleyes:

How many aircraft diverted in the last 6 monts because of fog?

JCX BXC

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

Probably not on the same scale but I'd say a few brown envelopes were handed out during the time of building Cork Airport, I mean seriously, building an airport on a hill that's prone to dense fog:rolleyes:

Dublin has been getting a lot more fog lately. I also find Knock airport is almost as foggy as cork throughout the year, no issue with that though?

notharrypotter

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

Probably not on the same scale but I'd say a few brown envelopes were handed out during the time of building Cork Airport, I mean seriously, building an airport on a hill that's prone to dense fog:rolleyes:

Ask yourself when was Cork airport built and what was the expected traffic/user?

kub

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

Probably not on the same scale but I'd say a few brown envelopes were handed out during the time of building Cork Airport, I mean seriously, building an airport on a hill that's prone to dense fog:rolleyes:

I read a book about it, the place in which the airport is built was the best of a bad lot, technically speaking that is.

run_Forrest_run

notharrypotter wrote: »

Ask yourself when was Cork airport built and what was the expected traffic/user?

not sure what your point is?

run_Forrest_run

Carnacalla wrote: »

Dublin has been getting a lot more fog lately. I also find Knock airport is almost as foggy as cork throughout the year, no issue with that though?

If I had an issue with those airports I'd be posting it in the relevant threads.

JCX BXC

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

If I had an issue with those airports I'd be posting it in the relevant threads.

My point is still relevant for comparison purposes.

lisasimpson

for anyone heading to Cardiff the next few months if you booked with flybe before the 21st of June there is 20% off according to twitter
travel is between 12/07/16 and 25/03/17... maybe handy for students

Fabio

Andip wrote: »

Announcement due very shortly, confidence is high. News through that Karl Thompson of US government’s Office of Legal Counsel has told the US Dept of Transportation that they can't refuse a licence on the basis of the objections made.

Nice one thanks Andip! Can't wait to hear of it. I no longer live in Cork but I remember the day I was walking into work and was scrolling through the news on my phone and saw the initial announcement. It actually made so proud of the city!

roundymac

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

Probably not on the same scale but I'd say a few brown envelopes were handed out during the time of building Cork Airport, I mean seriously, building an airport on a hill that's prone to dense fog:rolleyes:

Money was scarce back then, even more so than now. Cheapest option was Farmers X. Best option was near Middleton, flat land , no hills etc. Problem was/is it is prime farming land. About the only industry that was sucessful back then, so they were not going to interfere with it.

Fabio

Midleton was a lot lot further from the city at the time which was, according to the O'Drisceoil brothers in their book chronicling the history of Cork Airport ("Fifty Years Have Flown" I think it is called), the main reason for not siting it there.

namloc1980

Fabio wrote: »

Midleton was a lot lot further from the city at the time which was, according to the O'Drisceoil brothers in their book chronicling the history of Cork Airport ("Fifty Years Have Flown" I think it is called), the main reason for not siting it there.

It did have a rail link to the city at the time. At the time however this wouldn't have been a factor. But imagine an airport there now. It would be a great place. Motorway / rail line etc. Ah well.

kub

Fabio wrote: »

Midleton was a lot lot further from the city at the time which was, according to the O'Drisceoil brothers in their book chronicling the history of Cork Airport ("Fifty Years Have Flown" I think it is called), the main reason for not siting it there.

I read in another book, which i will find out the title of in a while, was that the issue with the site in Midleton was the hills to the North of the site, apparently they had established the prevailing wind direction and the hills made the approach for aircraft difficult.

Nonoperational

With CAT II, fog is far far less of an issue than it used to be.

JCX BXC

Inaugural Iberia flight from Madrid descending for Cork now.

Hopefully this route will do well.

lisasimpson

Carnacalla wrote: »

Inaugural Iberia flight from Madrid descending for Cork now.

Hopefully this route will do well.

Me too hopefully if its a success it will return for a longer duration too. Madrid is a lovely city and not expensive either. Have a trip booked on the service in sept.flight schedule is nice twice weekly so perfect for a 3/4 night getaway