You can bet that Ryanair know what Irish Rail's plan is for next year and an hourly train service from Cork to Dublin which would then give FR just the excuse they would need to quit DUB-ORK.
easyJet have given Cork Airport a massive boost with their committment from Gatwick to Cork. Has this been acknowledged by the Cork Airport Authority? Ryanair's intention with ORK-LGW is not just profit. They know sure well that by coming on the route the yield may collapse and like I suggested above we could be looking at a scenario in six months time where both easyJet and Ryanair are both gone from Gatwick - Cork.
Of all the routes to attract Ryanair to expand at Cork serving both Dublin and Gatwick is very suspicious and quite frightening and I fear a weak and inexperienced Cork Airport Authority has cocked up and did not know when it had things so good.
The Cork Airport Authority being a part of a Ryanair stunt is worth a photo or two in the papers but that is about it. Cork should have said 'No thanks!' to Ryanair. Why did Cork Airport not secure new routes from Ryanair? This is not difficult; for example, bmi baby are quitting EMA and Prestwick is there for the taking as the Loganair service from Glasgow is stagnant. Two opportunities there from England and Scotland alone?
No, FR Dublin and Gatwick from Cork is a cynical, frightening exercise and Cork Airport Authority's quest for cheap, short term publicity stunts like this serve no one except themselves.
Egoes again at Cork Airport?