There have been some excellent contributions to this thread in the last week and through it all the nitty gritty of the business at Cork Airport is at last being examined.
Mark_Heg has a lot of it in a nutshell. Whether the business being sought for Cork is a flight to America or more new routes from EI or FR to Britain and Europe it must come down to how well the Cork Airport Authority does it's job of marketing.
Who is in charge of marketing at Cork Airport? A position as marketing boss was advertised in the newspapers during the summer to replace Mr John Smyth. Has anyone yet been appointed?
The new Ryanair routes starting next week are Dublin and London Gatwick. This alone says a lot as both Aer Arann and easyJet are all ready serving the limited markets. An unusual strategy from Ryanair to introduce new capacity on all ready established routes and from mid January Cork will be down a Stansted flight too. Very simply, why no brand new routes ex Cork from Ryanair?
Ryan2000 poses the question about the whole Slattertys New York debacle. Fuel prices began to settle down again not long after the announced cancellation of the series. Perhaps, Ryan International were going to the trough for more from Slatterys but the conspirator in me really hopes that was all. The launch of the series was within just six weeks of start.
Without getting bogged down too much about America as I would have done in the past do not be taken in by the doubt if there is viability for such a route from Cork to America.
That is a 2.5 hour spin from the enemy and which for a long, long time suited EI very well and maybe still does?