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Dublin has no channel for transfer passengers? I thought they were handling transfers from the UK to the US and from the US to Europe?

I remember the local team in Cork saying that Dublin was not a route they were actively targeting. Presumably because it would come at the expense of a direct link to New York or Boston. Interestingly there is a huge visit New Jersey billboard at the airport roundabout now, could we see Newark at some stage over the next two years?

That would be my concern as well. It would be disappointing to just a bucket and spade airport.

Yup, I just don't see it making much sense. The bus is like 3 hours so even with Cork being an easy airport to get through, you'll still likely be close to 2 hours between security/boarding and flight time. Price will likely be 3/4 times the price too unless it was subsidized (which with the environmental issue for such a short trip, I doubt it would be).

Getting better connectivity to the main European hubs and top city break locations would be way more beneficial, and not just for us to be relying on Ryanair there.

Very interesting about Cork Barcelona. Wonder what that's about?

No, it's not always that expensive. If the flight is part-full already, the seat prices go up.

It might sound crazy, but have you checked how the prices are in business? I had the situation earlier on Lufthansa where the return lag was actually cheaper in a business class saver ticket than on economy.

Also check to see if a CDG - AMS - Cork trip would be cheaper. (So long as you have hand luggage only)

Or if you REALLY want an adventure that you wouldn't get otherwise, Paris to London on Eurostar, then Circle Line to Liverpool Street and fly back from Stansted. (Or to avoid rail strikes that affect the Stansted Express, Elizabeth Line to Heathrow and fly to Cork)

I did hear a rumour on here that they had gotten a few slots at Cork. The thinking is (and it is just thinking) that this'll be a winter only ski route for now, and possibly something Ryanair won't be bothered to compete on.

If Easyjet started going to Gatwick for instance, Ryanair would fast up their flights there and lower the prices. Good in theory, but Ryanair would cancel them the instant Easyjet left.

EasyJet should be safe enough starting one or two German routes, as it's somewhere Ryanair have never had any interest in out of Cork

In fairness, there's a particular reason for this, have you ever seen the amount of Kerrygold in Germany? They love the stuff and it seems to have a big impact on them going to County Kerry. That Hahn route has been going for years, all year round too.

So AerLingus are starting a route from Shannon to Paris CDG. Surely we will see more routes from Cork once the new neo is based here.

They didn’t announce it but if you do dummy bookings in Cork to LHR from mid November onwards, you find the plane suddenly has 32 seat rows (which I understand is NEO). Current LHR aircraft has 29/30.

It would appear based on the app ryanair are adding Barcelona El Prat twice weekly from 29 Oct

Nope, it's announced, Sept to Jan and then Apr on.