Cork Airport - *Read Mod Note in First Post Before Posting*

PixelCrafter

In general IAG's aim is likely to just to use regional airports (of which it would include Cork) as a funnel into LHR for any onward connectivity. So, Aer Lingus has become a lot less useful for anyone wanting to use alternative hubs like AMS or CDG.

Air France-KLM is basically IAG's European arch nemesis, so you're not going to see much love lost between them.

revelman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123604125#Comment_123604125

what’s interesting is that I’m looking at flights on klm website that are sending me to LHR with Aerlingus first, then onto AMS with KLM and then onto my final destination. So it seems like they still have some form of interlining agreement with IAG

titan18

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123604125#Comment_123604125

Heathrow is such a bad airport for connecting from here though compared to Schiphol.

thomil

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123604120#Comment_123604120

That’s what they’re using now. My reference to the smaller aircraft referred to the time when KLM first started serving Cork in 2020. Back then, the Embraer 170/175 was the primary aircraft being used by KLM.

PixelCrafter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123604513#Comment_123604513

It depends where you're connecting to tbh. I've found it really good for flights into Asia. Schiphol's OK, but it just depends on the price etc.

CDG's fine too, but you can just never be entirely confident that it won't have some weird strike action going on, especially during the summer.

I'd love to see a connection into Madrid, if you could combine it with high speed rail tickets, you can get to so many interesting parts of Spain very easily. Not that pricy anymore either with the competition on the lines.

titan18

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123604790#Comment_123604790

I usually use Schiphol for my flights to Asia. It being one terminal makes it a lot easier (only annoyance is the Cork flight being a bus stand).

If you were going non Schengen to Schengen there, it looks worse.

Heathrow and CDG have the issue of multiple terminals and needing to transport in between and then you have extra security checks/border control at Heathrow when travelling out of Ireland/UK

TheBrownBird32

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123600506#Comment_123600506

The webpage seems to have been pulled. And the flights are still not yet on sale, concerning.

ACitizenErased

https://x.com/corkairport/status/1942490332827947434?s=46

TheBrownBird32

Must be close to 40,000 extra seats this winter from AF/KLM group!

Chris_5339762

Somehow this has made it all the way to RTE news.

https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2025/0708/1522554-klm-cork-amsterdam/

TheBrownBird32

Ryanair has reduced Cork to Edinburgh flights from 10pw to 8pw this winter, with the Wednesday flight gone.

Cork to Alicante also gone from 5pw to 4pw.

It’s backwards they seem to be going now ex Cork.

yerwanthere123

Any word on what's happening with the alleged Prague and Geneva flights?

TheBrownBird32

An official announcement is next week according to a poster on Airliners net

TheBetsy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123625150#Comment_123625150

I suppose best way to look at it to compare to last winter in which case both are +1? It's a bit strange alright though how long its been since they've had a new route, but the other side of it is maybe it gives other airlines some room to grow which is good

yerwanthere123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123625266#Comment_123625266

Thanks. Is that a reliable source usually? I'm not familiar with them.

lordleitrim

Aren't winter frequencies generally less than summer ones? I wouldn't see reductions during off peak as a downgrade in services if the demand isn't there.

TheBrownBird32

Not exactly true. Last few years Ryanair have had more flights to the Canaries in the winter than in summer. LPA is 2x weekly in winter, 1x in summer. TFS is 5x in winter vs 3x in summer.

This winter now we will lose Venice, I’m fairly sure LPL is down a flight compared to last winter too, and BGY which up until a few weeks ago was also scheduled to run.

revelman

yes exactly. I saw something about Italian visitors to Ireland being down 30% in last 12 months compared to year before. Might explain it

TheBrownBird32

Noticed when you search Cork to Paris flights on December 30th and 31st, they now show as Sold Out. They didn’t previously, the booking system only said flights began on the 30th but nothing was there. Interesting

fjr13

Any updates on when or if Aer Lingus will be releasing details of the alleged Prague and Geneva routes?

TheBrownBird32

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123641666#Comment_123641666

They’re now on sale, GVA every Saturday from December 20, PRG every Thursday and Sunday from October 23

Gamb!t

That's a great addition, a welcome change than the usual sun holiday destinations.

TheBrownBird32

That's 4 new Aer Lingus routes announced since Ryanair announced their last new route in December 2023!

cudsy1

Hi All,

I bought tickets for an event in Paris the Wednesday of the mid term break a couple of weeks ago, after seeing that I could day trip over and back. I went to buy flights and I see there are no cork beavais flights on that day.

Long story short, does anyone know if a) the schedule drastically changed in the last two weeks, b) schedule didnt change but my desired flights are now simply sold out c) im losing my mind, or d) i made a massive boo boo??

29th October btw

JCX BXC

Schedule probably changed. Flight wouldn't be sold out.

TheBrownBird32

Sigh

https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/companies/arid-41673602.html

TheBetsy

BS from O'Leary. Nothing is being "moved". Same number of based aircraft as previous winter.

JCX BXC

O'Leary likes headlines and he knows well that that will garnish a reaction.

All he means is -"we want lower fees".