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

Cork does not close at 10 o clock, some flights especially afternoon flights to the Canaries do not return until 12.30/12.45. Dublin is not the best IMO, it offers the greatest range of flights but I will not travell through Dublin if I can help it, I'd rather go through LHR or AMS which is what we are doing next year.
Being seperated does not mean growth straight away, airlines will fly from places if they think they can make money, no other reason. T/A out of Cork, forget it, especially if the M20 goes ahead. Don't listen to what MOL has to say, he's only interested in FR and nobody else and rightly so. SNN is independent and is slowly finding out what it is like to be on it's own. They were fortunate to have several maintainence companies based there, also the size of their runway means they have heavy lift cargo flights, also the majority of T/A diversions.
Also Limerick people are loyal to their root's, unlike the gobsh**es that we have in Cork. Aircoach has never been so busy. I was talking to someone lately who had used the bus to Dublin airport to fly to Memmingham. "Why there I asked, I wanted to go to Munich he replied, why did'nt you fly from Cork direct with EI, I did'nt know they flew there, any way I would'nt fly with EI, I'd rather go to Dublin". So here is the sort of thinking that Cork and possibly SNN are up against when comparing flights with Dublin. It's going to be a long hard road ahead for both airports especially if vested interests start playing one against the other.
Just for clarity the guy getting the bus would have spent a minimum of 6 hours on a return journey, he charges €75 per hour labour in his garage so by 6 = €450.and he'd still get the bus.:mad:

roundymac wrote: »

I was talking to someone lately who had used the bus to Dublin airport to fly to Memmingham. "Why there I asked, I wanted to go to Munich he replied, why did'nt you fly from Cork direct with EI, I did'nt know they flew there, any way I would'nt fly with EI, I'd rather go to Dublin". So here is the sort of thinking that Cork and possibly SNN are up against when comparing flights with Dublin. /I]

To be fair, that guy is obviously an idiot, we're not all that stupid in Cork!

I've read the above article but I wouldn't put a huge amount of blame at their feet.
It was a last minute change of plane, outside the scope of expected plane sizes, they can't have all available steps just sitting there swaying in the wind.

Or would you say they should have at least one type of each step to accomodate emergency landings?
Also could they not have used the bridges?

Should I be more outaged, basically?!

razorblunt wrote: »

I've read the above article but I wouldn't put a huge amount of blame at their feet.
It was a last minute change of plane, outside the scope of expected plane sizes, they can't have all available steps just sitting there swaying in the wind.

Or would you say they should have at least one type of each step to accomodate emergency landings?
Also could they not have used the bridges?

Should I be more outaged, basically?!

Well, it's not as if Cork airport hasn't handled aircraft of this size in the recent past. Remember the German Luftwaffe A310 that was sent here for a crew change on the Sail Training Vessel Gorch Fock back in March 2014? Same general size as the Boeing 767. I'd say this is more about deciding which is cheaper for the carter operator: Busing the passengers to Dublin, or picking up the tab for ferrying an empty wide body airliner halfway across the country.

Using the bridge isn't practical, though. I just checked the Cork Charts in the AIP ( http://www.iaa.ie/safe_reg/iaip/Frame1.htm ) and the stands in front of the terminal can take aircraft with a max. wingspan of 38 to 41 meters. The Boeing 767 has a wingspan of 47 meters, so it would have to be parked up near the cargo buildings.

I've also just done a quick search on the internet for the ground clearance of the passenger doors for a Boeing 767. It's door is 4.07 meters off the ground, while that of an Airbus A320, which is a pretty regular visitor to Cork, has a ground clearance of 3.46 meters. That's 60 centimetres of difference, it wouldn't surprise me if even the existing air stairs were capable of that.

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Any truth to this?

https://twitter.com/EoinBearla/status/647141852299268096

This is interesting, lately i have noticed a lot of billboards around the City advertising Shannon's American routes specifically.

highlydebased wrote: »

A European Airline not already at Cork apparently. Sounds to me like it'll be a stopover en route to Boston from somewhere.

https://twitter.com/irishexaminer/status/647168188178919424

Are these going to be direct flights? Norwegian Air fly 787 Dreamliners.

keithclancy wrote: »

Doubt it .. runway is too short, would probably be a stopover somewhere.

Most sources on twitter saying it's direct. But if it's a stopover can't see it being a success. Who wants to fly 2 hours to Oslo, layover and then 7 hours to Boston?

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draiochtanois wrote: »

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What type of plane though?

gimmick wrote: »

Is this not an over told myth?

http://modernairliners.com/boeing-787-dreamliner/boeing-787-dreamliner-specs

Take Off distance at MTOW at sea level (ISA)
10,300 ft (3,100 m)
High Thrust Rating: 8,500 ft (2,600 m)

Cork is 2133 meters (6988 feet)