flying from Cork to Dublin

bridgetown1

no direct flight??????

lisasimpson

no its gone for the last year or two. Ryanair got rid of it said there was no need for it with the M8.

spank_inferno

Access between the two cities does not require an air link.

The route was not profitable .

munchkin_utd

lisasimpson wrote: »

no its gone for the last year or two. Ryanair got rid of it said there was no need for it with the M8.

it was a handy link for anyone looking to catch a flight in Dublin hassle free

Was it really loss making though? I worked out the fuel consumption which is 3.9L/ 100km by 250km and all in you have a consumption of 9.75L of fuel per seat.
Fuel leaving the refinery costs 75 Us Cent / L, so say 75 euro cent / L after distribution costs.
There is no tax so thats what airlines might pay.
So the fuel for getting from Cork to Dublin would be possibly only €7.30 per seat (presuming the plane is full)

Ok, theres the cost of the plane and staff and whatnot and putting miles on a plane costs in maintenance, but if your fuel is that cheap then so long as you can get bums on seats you'll not loose money.
Maybe they just weren't filling the seats I suppose

Stinicker

You can get to Cork for around €10 one-way by coach and when you factor checkin closing 40mins before the flight and the time and expense it takes to get from City Centre to Airport in both Cork and Dublin that there is hardly any benefit, additional baggage charges also if you are connecting somewhere at Dublin adds to the unattractiveness of domestic flying.

Miaireland

And for a few euros extra than the bus you can get the train, no baggage restrictions, reserved seating, Luas into the city centre etc. Timewise I would say there is very little difference. It's a bit annoying if you have sa connecting flight in Dublin but at least you have other options like air coach.

lc180

I once got a Ryanair flight from Dublin to Cork for an interview I had at the Cork airport business park, it worked out at only 15 euro but the plane was 75% empty.

Even though the flight was only 30 mins or so the staff still had to attempt to sell newspapers, drinks, breakfast, scartch cards, smokeless cigarettes and calendars along with the inflight safety demo. Not one minute the staff weren't on the intercom. It was mental!

LXFlyer

Options are:

Train (Cork - Heuston) - www.irishrail.ie
GoBE Nonstop Coach (Cork - Dublin - Dublin Airport) - www.gobe.ie
Aircoach Nonstop Coach (Cork - Dublin - Dublin Airport) - www.aircoach.ie
Bus Eireann Route X8 Semi-fast Coach - http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1378998718-008X.pdf