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

Flying 5:45 am June 2nd. Parking booked out. Is there a risk of not being able to get long term parking if we arrive at 3.45? Are there any reliable alternatives for 7 days? Travelling from Clare.

Try CAPS Cork.

Noticed that Aer Lingus has finally removed AMS and EDI from the booking system, but they have kept FCO. No flights to Rome are loaded, but that’s definitely interesting.

I’d like to think we’ll get something. It looks like the 4th aircraft will be gone out of Cork in November and be moved to Shannon.

Only on Sundays the 3 based a/c are being utilised. Hopefully they add more for Cork

Was only talking to a friend this morning. She made the point that while Cork has loads of destinations for the summer, the Winter spots are limited. We were both hoping for something new.

The airport charges are just too high, especially in the winter season. I get the feeling that the Madrid route was supposed to go to Cork as it has been one of the most requested routes to return.

DAA just shafted Cork now and gave that route to its biggest competitor

Shannon have a long term deal with Ryanair that was done after Covid. So they aren’t rolling over for them!

Ryanair only had 3 aircraft in Cork last winter aswell. So nothings being moved up to Shannon

For now it’s just a seasonal 4th aircraft in Cork.

If they lowered charges they could also have a permanent 4th aircraft and maybe more spots for the winter. ORK seem very focused on Summer season

Apparently SNN worked tirelessly with them to reopen the base and establish a long term deal.

In all fairness they have to remain competitive.

Ryanair have grown hugely at Cork aswell. It had a 3 and 4 aircraft before Shannon. Cork is doing so much better compared to Shannon. Sunexpress just launched at Cork too and other airlines are expanding. Even TUI with ORK CFU

ORK have great expansion plans. Tara Finn seems to be doing great work enticing airlines to expand.

ORK and SNN wouldn’t be seeing the growth they are getting without Ryanair.

Who else would operate RHO, LRH etc from Cork? Aer Lingus are very slow to expand at Cork

Also Knock and Kerry are seeing large Ryanair growth. So I definitely disagree with what you think.

If routes are doing very well, it's reasonable to think another airline might operate it, if Ryanair reduced or dropped it. As we've seen with Paris and Amsterdam recently.

If Shannon's charges for Ryanair is still a pittance, there's no way Cork should be lowering theirs to reflect that. One route to Madrid, that will probably only be there for a season or two anyway, is certainly not a reason to do it.

Other than Ryanair, Shannon currently doesn't have any other airlines flying to Europe, other than one or two charters. I don't think Aer Lingus have any sun routes at the moment. Thankfully Cork isn't as reliant on Ryanair. And when your passenger numbers are shooting up, that's not the time to lower chargers.

Ryanair is by far the biggest airline using Cork. But a lot of those routes would be taken up by another airline, if they were to stop operating. Destinations like Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, La Rochelle, Gatwick, Barcelona, Alicante, Rome and Brussels have all previously been operated by other airlines. Possibly the current Polish flights too.

EI, sadly, currently have little interest in Ireland outside of Dublin. They stopped routes like Paris and Amsterdam, that did very well. Hence other airlines stepping in to take the business. But still, Aer Lingus have added a couple of new city sun destinations at Cork this summer. As well as the others they already have operating. And apparently Lyon and Munich will be back in the winter.

It's not as if I'm personally over the moon with the airports current offering of routes. For my own tastes, there's a big lack of all year round non sun holiday destinations. But at least there's the likes of Amsterdam and Paris, to transit though to elsewhere.

As for being optimistic. The recent major infrastructure announcements, with the terminal and runway extensions, give some reason for that.

I wish Shannon all the best. It's an airport I barely use, but always enjoy it when I do. But my original point was that there's no way Cork should or would lower their airline charges, to match Shannon's. Cork was never in the desperate position that Shannon was during COVID and didn't need to rely solely on Ryanair to get the terminal open again.

New Capital Development plan can be viewed here as part of the planning application for the car park extension. Taken from a post on Skyscraper City.

https://planning.corkcity.ie/AppFileRefDetails/2543908/0

Notably, no runway works.

Not even an extension to the taxiway.