Boeing 747s from Aer Lingus, Air Atlanta, European, Transwede, KLM and Qantas have visited Cork. Apart from the KL and QF most of the other visitors were flights either related to the Munster rugby campaign and charters to Tarbes for pilgrims to Lourdes. One day in the early 1970s a BOAC and a KLM 747 did some go arounds whilst on training details on a visit down from snn.
The airport owns the football pitches used by Everton AFC.
Today's announcement of 4 new routes by Ryanair from Shannon to MAN, MJV, CIA and WRO gives notice to Cork. It suggests Ryanair have little heart for mainland Europe flights from Cork in the year ahead? Ryanair and snn are just too close now. On the other hand it may also suggest that the Cork Airport Authority are not at the races at all in their negotiations with Ryanair? Dublin and Gatwick, indeed! How novel?
It will all end in tears?