Very Senior people in EI have publicly stated that the Runway at ORK is not an issue in relation to JFK or BOS. The bilateral is a far bigger obstacle and now of course we hear that EI has promised Minister Cullen that it will continue to deliver 400,000 pax per year from on the SNN US routes.
That promise will not be worth the paper its written on once the company is privatised but in the meantime they may be reluctant to dilute SNN's traffic by starting a CORK US service especially as there's a general election on the horizon.
Having said that many Cork people fly to the US via LHR and on CO, AA and DL from SNN so there maybe an opportunity there.
Does anyone now if an A330 can park in the one stand that does have an airbridge at Cork. Anyone know of any other airport that only has one airbridge?