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

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭TheBetsy


    Might it be Dusseldorf with Aer Lingus you are thinking of? That route was canned in 2018 I think so even pre Covid.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,266 ✭✭✭hans aus dtschl


    It could well be Dusseldorf: I had Dusseldorf in my mind at first but never took that flight. Edit: I think that was Aer Lingus / IAG regional



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,281 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    I never recall Cork-Berlin. I do recall the Cork -Düsseldorf with Aer Lingus though!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭airy fairy


    Kerry has Frankfurt twice a week. Can't understand how Cork couldn't pull similar numbers.

    Flight prices have soared this year, Malaga in May this year are over double than what they were last year.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,014 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    The line I have always heard is that there is a German company in the vicinity, and there's sufficient demand from them to warrant the route. Could well by an urban myth by now! Not sure how realistic it is for Ryanair to pin the viability of one route on one type of customer from a single company.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,504 ✭✭✭thomil


    That's Frankfurt Hahn, not Frankfurt Main. And while the Hahn-Kerry Route is primarily aimed at German tourists heading to Ireland (that's how I fell in love with Ireland back in 2008), I wouldn't be surprised if there's a business angle. I was surprised at the amount of suits and ties I saw at Hahn when I flew to Kerry, a marked difference to the other flights leaving from Hahn at that time.

    Also, while summer only, there is a connection between Cork and the REAL Frankfurt Airport. 3x weekly with Lufthansa, mostly using a CRJ-900, though I've seen them sub in the occasional A319. That's 270 seats per week from Cork in each direction, compared to 378 from Kerry. Not too shabby. The challenge is going to be to convince LH to go year round.

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,506 ✭✭✭Acosta


    Aer Lingus had a Berlin route for about a couple of years in the mid 00s. I used it a few times. Also used the Ryanair Shannon to Berlin, when it was there. Ryanair then moved it to Kerry, but it's not been back since covid. If it was I'd use it. Aer lingus did Dusseldorf briefly. Going even further back, Aer lingus used to have a Cork-Dublin-Frankfurt flight.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭airy fairy


    Once a week to any city isn't going to attract short breaks, especially somewhere like Germany.

    Am getting seriously tired of Ryanair putting on services late at night. Up to last month, Manchester arrived mid day or thereabouts. I've a young one going to a concert there next month and flight is now 9pm. Meaning an extra night over there, or Dublin. Dublin it is unfortunately.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,012 ✭✭✭Chris_5339762


    Yeah, a lot of things now seem to be late night. Early morning leaving I can hack, but I hate late night flights as delays are proportionally much more awful.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,281 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Never, ever, underestimate the power of Kerrygold and it's advertising of Kerry. The Germans love Kerrygold and flock to Kerry. It's funny really but it's true!

    I recall years back we had a German exchange in school, loads of them came over and were fascinated that just on the other side of the Shannon River there was Kerry. First thing they all said was "THAT'S WHERE KERRYGOLD COMES FROM".



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,513 ✭✭✭Masala


    Kerry lost the Berlin flight as Germany closed Schoenfeld leaving Ryanair having to use Brandenberg at significant higher airport charges. So Ryanair moved its based aircraft elsewhere and now only service Berlin with overseas aircraft.

    You won’t see Ryanair doing Berlin out of cork Shannon Kerry or knock. It will be a Dub based aircraft that will pop in and out like their Amsterdam service. And they will get the fares on this limited service due to demand for the limited seats…..



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,280 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Irish traditional music and Irish whisky are both very, very big in Germany, too.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 740 ✭✭✭lordleitrim


    Also, I hate paying for a full night's hotel accommodation for a hotel you only arrive in at 3am....much of the next day is compromised too as you're knackered from the unsociable hours travelling and sleep deprivation. Tolerable if you're going for a week maybe but for 3 day city breaks, it's a deal breaker to instead just fly from elsewhere or not at all....



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 618 ✭✭✭DylanQuestion


    Looking to go to Liverpool June 12th to 14th (Wed-Fri). €30 from Dublin, €200 from Cork. Thankfully Manchester is only €90 so I'll just get the train



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭airy fairy


    For you frequent flyers. A question.

    Catching an Aer Lingus to Amsterdam at 6am. What time does check in bags open at? Have looked everywhere, can't find info. Is the Aspire any good at 5am before departure?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,504 ✭✭✭thomil


    When I fly via Amsterdam, I'm usually at the airport at 4.15 to 4.30 AM, mainly because I'm paranoid about missing my flights. Even at this time, the counters are usually manned and operating, both for KLM and Aer Lingus. Can't say much about the Aspire Lounge at that time, as I've never used it that early. It does open at 5 AM though, so it should just be business as usual.

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 419 ✭✭PreCocious


    We used Aspire back in December before the early Aer Lingus (the KLM was cancelled so we booked Aer Lingus and the fare included access). It was very quiet. Just three customers. The food options were ok but even at that early time I felt the "fry" ingredients were a bit dry.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,343 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    Frankfurt Hahn, I've done that flight twice. Its the equivalent of wanting to go to Cork and landing in dublin its so far from Frankfurt. 2.5 hours on a bus, nightmare



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,697 ✭✭✭notAMember


    agreed no good for business travel to Frankfurt.

    But for holidays it’s really worth exploring, especially at Ryanair prices.

    Great for the Rhein gorge, wandering down through the towns of Mainz, Heidelberg,, baden-baden etc. Beautiful area if you like German beers, castles, hiking, forests, Kaffee und Kuchen, old Roman baths…



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,012 ✭✭✭Chris_5339762


    Aspire is alright…. food options acceptable but nothing out of the ordinary. I wouldn't pay to go into it, but you'll get a small fry, some yogurts and some cereal if you get in.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,483 ✭✭✭Curb Your Enthusiasm


    Used the Click&Collect service for The Loop with a confirmed time to pick up the duty free after arriving back in Cork.

    All orders are now collected through the OCS assistance desk, with the welcome desk permanently shut. Seems to have been fully contracted out now.

    Waited 25 min at the desk after calling on the courtesy phone with no one coming so left it and emailed for a refund.

    What a shame. Meant to be convenient but its anything but.

    No welcome desk at all in arrivals or departures is an even bigger shame. OCS desk shoved into the corner by the oversize baggage counter. Cost cutting at the expense of the passenger experience, shame for a growing airport.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 618 ✭✭✭DylanQuestion


    Flights with TUI to Corfu announced to start May 9th 2025. Booking open already



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭airy fairy


    Have you a link to the booking ? It doesn't seem to be on the system yet?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 618 ✭✭✭DylanQuestion


    I don’t, the Echo article said that but they might be wrong



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭airy fairy


    No bother, I thought you were in the know!

    Nothing showing up on TUI flights yet anyway, but thanks for the early tip off.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,343 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    I'm only back from Berlin and would love to see more of Germany, that's a great suggestion. Flight from Kerry too



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭longrunn


    It's funny, because Kerrygold is made in Cork!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,441 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    I think the last flight I took from the old terminal was direct to Berlin. Can't remember the airline.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,266 ✭✭✭hans aus dtschl


    Ryanair I think.

    They moved to Shannon after that. And then Kerry.

    I don't ever remember an Aer Lingus Berlin flight.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,281 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Old terminal was closed in 2006 (?), didn't start Berlin in Shannon until 2014, so was quite a gap.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,441 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    Just to confirm , found some details in an old email. It was Aer Lingus direct from Cork to Berlin in 2005.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,266 ✭✭✭hans aus dtschl


    I would have been on one of the early flights from the new terminal I'd say, during that period when they were doing half-and-half between new and old. And then again from the new terminal fully after that.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭TheBetsy


    States in the article that the DAA intend to increase passanger numbers to 5 million in coming years. Will be interesting to see how that pans out.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/05/01/new-scanners-set-to-speed-up-dublin-airport-security/



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,882 ✭✭✭lisasimpson


    More choice year round is what Cork needs too. Not just June July aug



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭TheBetsy


    Hopefully Air France will extend CDG year round, seems like a no brainer especially with zero competition on the route and the right sized aircraft for the job.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,012 ✭✭✭Chris_5339762


    Utterly random question - but does anyone know what eventually happened to all of the fish in the old terminal. If you remember there were multiple ponds in there with goldfish and koi. I can't see them just shooting them all, so presumably they went to anyone interested - nor can I see them still being there after all of these years.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,650 ✭✭✭snotboogie


    The big growth numbers post covid have actually been in the shoulder season. They are at over 20% growth for the first 3 months of this year. For whatever reason there seems to be big issues upping capacity in the high season.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭TheBetsy


    I guess limited ac availability with Boeing quality issues and other engine groundings etc probably isn't helping at peak periods.

    Ryanair will based a 4th ac from 1 June and Aer Lingus a 3rd from 8 June so that should bring some uplift.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,506 ✭✭✭Acosta


    It started when the old terminal was still open and finished around 2007, I think. Would have been the first flight I got going out of the new terminal.

    Both terminals were only open for one day, as far as I remember. We actually flew out on the last day of the old terminal. Arrivals were coming into the new terminal.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,506 ✭✭✭Acosta


    The ponds had all been removed a few years before it closed, to make more space.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,506 ✭✭✭Acosta


    Yeah. I wonder will the Brussels flight still be there for the winter schedule.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,266 ✭✭✭hans aus dtschl


    Your memory is a lot better than mine! I remember it was out of the old terminal and into the new alright.

    I didn't remember it being Aer Lingus though. Back in those days there were regular (maybe daily) Aer Lingus flights to Munich too. Such a shame a lot of those flights are now gone. We're quite lucky in some respects that Aer Lingus withdrawing most operations to Dublin hasn't hit Cork harder.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,441 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    "Monday, March 3rd, 2008. With direct flights available with Aer Lingus from Cork to Berlin and Munich these German cities are easily accessible for business and leisure travellers alike.

    Berlin is the capital city of Germany and the…."

    https://web.archive.org/web/20110609021042/http%3A//www.corkairport.com%3A80/gns/at-the-airport/latest-news/08-03-03/BERLIN_AND_MUNICH_PROVE_IDEAL_DESTINATIONS_FOR_BUSINESS_LEISURE.aspx



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,506 ✭✭✭Acosta


    Berlin must have been around until about 2009 so. It's gone about 15 years.

    Along with Berlin, Cork had some good city destinations in the mid 00s that are now long gone. Munich(all year round), Prague and Bratislava/Vienna spring to mind. I don't think they ever even properly marketed the Vienna aspect of the Bratislava flight. The two closest capital cities in Europe. East meets west etc. I used it a couple of times and there mainly seemed to be just Slovak ex pats using it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭whispering1


    We were away for a week just after the May Bank Holiday last year and I remember that the Winter flights from Cork were announced while we were away by Ryanair. They have some Winter Sun flights up for a while and they had Fuerteventura up but it seems to be gone again. Wonder are they going to drop it. ?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭TheBetsy


    It's in the system as every Saturday from November?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,624 ✭✭✭flexcon


    Zadar.

    What a city. highly recommend it



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭whispering1


     Fuerteventura flights are on the app but not on the Website yet. Would say they are just working on it at the moment. When I checked a few weeks ago, they were midweek flights. Would say they have changed them .



  • Registered Users Posts: 72 ✭✭ludeen


    Was due to fly to fuerteventura on 7nov till 21 , got an email today stating its changed to sat 9 to 23 .

    Wander if there adding more flights , have to change my car hire and hope I can change apt dates,



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭airy fairy


    Very annoying, have you lost out on any time as regards to flight times? I'm finding Cork very hit and miss with various times, random ones for the same destination, they vary from day to day. Flying into somewhere at 11pm can be difficult if your accommodation reps aren't available at that hour.

    I note that Dublin airport are increasing their food options in both terminals and new scanning machines introduced .Meanwhile in Cork there was rumour last year that the expansion of the upper floor would start ...



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