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titan18

marno21 wrote: »

Cork Airport: Routes dictated by demand, not petitions

https://www.eveningecho.ie/corknews/Cork-Airport-Routes-dictated-by-demand-not-petitions-100313e3-27df-47d9-afdd-9b571f9a8438-ds

A very sensible realistic article on this. If there was demand for a Rome flight someone would try it.

I got a laugh at this:



Will be interesting to see the responses they get from some of those, including Alitalia, EasyJet and Wizz Air who have no operations in Ireland

Tbf a petition is one way to show demand (not a great way really but it is a way)

JCX BXC

titan18 wrote: »

Tbf a petition is one way to show demand (not a great way really but it is a way)

It's one thing people saying "ah yeah I'd use it" and actually using it, I guarantee that the vast majority of signatures are from people who'd either continue to fly from Dublin, or use it once in a blue moon. Airlines know this too! Look at the Eurowings "vote to fly", the eventual result was only a weekly flight for an immense amount of votes. People vote with their pockets, not with their phones.

trik

JCX BXC wrote: »

There's a woman on the Cork Airport FB group who seems to completely not understand the article.!

Is she the one who comments on every post, complaining about no Rome flight?

JCX BXC

trik wrote: »

Is she the one who comments on every post, complaining about no Rome flight?

Don't you know it!

TheDriver

trik wrote: »

Is she the one who comments on every post, complaining about no Rome flight?

This made me laugh, she probably has never been......

titan18

JCX BXC wrote: »

It's one thing people saying "ah yeah I'd use it" and actually using it, I guarantee that the vast majority of signatures are from people who'd either continue to fly from Dublin, or use it once in a blue moon. Airlines know this too! Look at the Eurowings "vote to fly", the eventual result was only a weekly flight for an immense amount of votes. People vote with their pockets, not with their phones.

True. I can't imagine Rome would get a lot of business flights.

I do think it would do decent business in a May to September period with a flight out Friday morning and back Monday evening or something like that.

Shn99

The same lady who gives out abouts having to fly from Dublin to Rome when there are connections via CDG, LHR, AMS ect...

lisasimpson

Shn99 wrote: »

The same lady who gives out abouts having to fly from Dublin to Rome when there are connections via CDG, LHR, AMS ect...

Theres always a few. Still see people complain no madrid flighy and only this week on FB someone complain no flights to Switzerland 😯

SleetAndSnow

Most people don’t understand that the airport doesn’t start and remove flights, the airlines do. Shame it’s not mentioned more

JCX BXC

My latest favourites.

"Dublin gets an expansion yet cork is in need of major investment !"

Cork is in need of investment? Has the terminal magically become unfit for purpose and 50 years old?

"Why don't they put a new runway into cork"

I'd love to counter that with why don't they put a new runway into Valentia, Caherciveen and Finglas while they're at it.

SleetAndSnow

Just wondering if anybody know when Cork-Reus is returning for summer/ when/ if it will be announced? wondering for. 6th year hol haha

JCX BXC

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Just wondering if anybody know when Cork-Reus is returning for summer/ when/ if it will be announced? wondering for. 6th year hol haha

All unknown until ryanair release their summer schedules, anytime from now to next month.

Shn99

Don’t rule out further route announcements from Ryanair either.

TheDriver

They can drip feed it too. You'll find some canary flights soon and other days added after. You'll find them released soon tho

SleetAndSnow

JCX BXC wrote: »

All unknown until ryanair release their summer schedules, anytime from now to next month.

Great thank you!

lisasimpson

Shn99 wrote: »

Don’t rule out further route announcements from Ryanair either.

Rumours of an announcement wed??

JCX BXC

lisasimpson wrote: »

Rumours of an announcement wed??

That's Aer Lingus.

marno21

Quite aggressive Air France marketing on radio at the minute, both on national (Fly direct from Dublin or Cork) and local radio (Fly direct from Cork). They seem to be mainly pushing connections to Johannesburg, Brazil and Japan.

lisasimpson

At least it will should try and help get the airport into the kindset of people and show theres more to the airport than AerLingus and Ryanair

hans aus dtschl

Shn99 wrote: »

The same lady who gives out abouts having to fly from Dublin to Rome when there are connections via CDG, LHR, AMS ect...

Being fair, there is a big difference between a direct flight and a connecting flight when your planned journey duration is 2 days or so.

But certainly I'd rather connect via LHR or AMS any day than via Dublin. I've done the Dublin connection twice over the past few months and I found it much more tiring.

BullBlackNova

https://www.eveningecho.ie/corknews/Ryanair-launches-new-twice-weekly-Cork-to-Malta-route-82150aed-451f-4aa3-bc78-ecb289fa3a9b-ds

Ryanair announces a new route from Cork to Malta.

kooga

BullBlackNova wrote: »

https://www.eveningecho.ie/corknews/Ryanair-launches-new-twice-weekly-Cork-to-Malta-route-82150aed-451f-4aa3-bc78-ecb289fa3a9b-ds

Ryanair announces a new route from Cork to Malta.

that's great but no flight price bargains

lisasimpson

Malta..a surprise but should be popular enough. A nice change for a sun holiday direct from cork or a long weekend...think poznan may have to wait a while

JCX BXC

kooga wrote: »

that's great but no flight price bargains

Ah here.

lisasimpson

JCX BXC wrote: »

Ah here.

Some are never happy.😯 amount of people online complaining its ryanair

marno21

Fantastic stuff. Great new route to have

flexcon

kooga wrote: »

that's great but no flight price bargains

Return flights for €98 not a bargain?

I suppose it's all relative

Oasis1974

Why was Crete disowned by Cork Airport we had a summer flight for donkeys years to Heraklion and vanished albeit a charter flight I expect.

flexcon

Oasis1974 wrote: »

Why was Crete disowned by Cork Airport we had a summer flight for donkeys years to Heraklion and vanished albeit a charter flight I expect.

ah yes I remember that route! It was always a charter flight though no?

.red.

Oasis1974 wrote: »

Why was Crete disowned by Cork Airport we had a summer flight for donkeys years to Heraklion and vanished albeit a charter flight I expect.

Ya, I think the airport disowned it alright, told the charter company to feck off cos they didn't need their business anymore!