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Old 26th January 2005 | 11:29
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Tom the Tenor
 
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I like that - Cork Airport's Walk of Shame in the wind and wet! Ha, ha!

However, the humour of it should not distract us from what is now intended for Cork Airport, namely, the plan to drop the three or so airbridges. Looks like the Dublin Airport Authority are throwing their weight around on this one arguing that as the new terminal budget is all ready 30 million euro too high they do not want to take on the added cost of the airbridges. To the best of my knowledge and at this late stage the airbridges have not even been tendered for!! Is there any forward planning of any kind at Cork Airport? They have new roads going everywhere like spaggetti junction but it looks like they have had no plans to incorporate airbridges or a modest runway extension. Sure, the locos dont worry too much about using airbridges but to have any credibility for any potential Atlantic services in the future there just has to be some airbridges. Otherwise, American airlines will just laugh at Cork. It is all about having the right infrastructure in place. The alternative is a drive past Cork Airport on your way to snn for your flight to America.
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