Local Media today suggest that Cork will only have one airbridge? I can asure everyone that there are FOUR glass/aluminium airbrigdes physically attached to the new terminal. Perhaps the argument is over how many will be operational on day one?
The airbridge situation @ ORK is farsical, any new terminal is expected to have them, especially with weather conditions like those that prevail @ EICK, wind, rain, etc. The fact of the matter is that the DAA want to keep Cork in the stone-age, for whatever reason.
Aer Lingus insisted on the 'bridges in the first place and should now be forced to use them. The notion that they need to use both doors for 'quick' turns is utter rubbish. EI turns @ cork are on average, 55 mins, and they use them at the destination airports! If EI really are "commited to Cork" and "way better" they would use the airbriges.I wold also like to point out that fares ex Cork are much higher that from Dublin, and then to add insult to injury we are expected to be blown away in the wind and soked to the skin before we can buy the pricy snacks on board? Get real EI, and the DAA.