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

Ah yes! I didn't even think of ski, but that would work from Zurich of course. Combo with christmas markets and fondue and gluwein. Zermatt and Verbier are a train away, and that's a really stunning journey through the mountains in the snow.

It seems like a no brainer to me. The only explanation I have is that either Zurich might pump up the landing charges, or Swiss might have higher aircraft demand elsewhere, for the ski season. But I know a lot of people who would use it, they're currently going to Dublin. Aer Lingus running down the Munich frequency to winter once-weekly looks strange to me too. The price is high too, I'm not sure whether they're getting many passengers.

Edinburgh now features as a destination from Cork on Aerlingus app (though no dates up). Wasn’t there before. Surprised by that. Would have thought Southampton was more likely for Emerald

Yes it's just one off extra capacity for The 6 Nations , Scotland vs Ireland match on Feb 9th

Ryanair seem to only use 2 of the 3 based aircraft on Tuesdays.

Indeed, shame neither airline were willing to start a new route this winter to get better utilisation of their fleet. Any of Prague, Warsaw, Lisbon, Madrid, Berlin would surely be successful as a city break destination

Munich runs weekly from 21 Dec. I don't see why twice weekly year round wouldn't work. Airport fees are high in Germany which perhaps doesn't help. Salzburg also available on ski charter from same date

You're probably right.

The current iteration of the Salzburg Christmas Market is celebrating its 50th year this year, with the earlier version running since the 15th century. I'd say the lads who attended the early ones are probably fairly bored of them by now alright!

Unfortunately demand doesn't always mean (sufficient) profit

I don't thinks Berlin is likely to happen any time soon to be honest. Ryanair are retracting massively in Germany at the moment due to high charges, and Aer Lingus seem more interested in Sun routes. Lufthansa don't have a base in Berlin. Eurowings maybe, but they don't even serve Dublin from Berlin...

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The German aviation market is in something of a crisis at the moment. Ryanair isn't the only one reducing their activity in Germany at the moment. German holiday airline Condor is pulling five aircraft out of Germany and basing them in other European countries for cost reasons, whilst German airports are still 16% below pre-COVID passenger and business levels.

Meanwhile, Lufthansa is starting a cost-cutting program after their profits cratered despite their aircraft being fuller than ever before, while at the same time facing legal action and possible strikes about the company's plans to replace their regional subsidiary, Lufthansa Cityline, with the newly founded City Airlines. The latter move is designed to get around the "scope clauses" that unions negotiated and that limit the size of aircraft that Cityline can use. That's one of the reason why they use the CRJ-900 on the Cork route, by the way.

As for Eurowings, they are suffering from the same cost trouble as Condor and Lufthansa. Whilst they haven't moved any aircraft abroad yet, they've cancelled over 1000 flights in Hamburg for next year and are also withdrawing from the Düsseldorf-Berlin route, although only over Christmas so far.

Given the above, I wouldn't hold my breath for any additional connections to Germany, unless Cork Airport is able to negotiate some overnight basing arrangement akin to what KLM is doing. The fact that Lufthansa is adding a weekly rotation to Frankfurt over the summer is already a good sign given all of the above.

Looks like Rome switches back to Fiumicino in April, 3x weekly loaded in the app. Can't wait for Ryanair/Cork Airport to announce this as a "new" route 😂

How far out is this airport? Been planning on bringing teens anywhere in Italy for a few days. Ryanair times and destinations are so limited.

Aer Lingus going to axe AMS route apparently

Anytime I go to Rome I stay near Termini as there's regular trains to Flumincino and buses to Ciampino. Termini area is an easy walk to all the main sites and a lot cheaper than the main tourist areas.