Re: CORK
Most business travellers based in Cork fly to the US from Cork via Dublin, London
or Amsterdam. Most leisure travellers do the same these days due to the cheap flights to these hubs. On a minority of people are willing to to do the 3 hour return drive from Cork to Shannon in these prosperous times. The short runways at Cork unfortunately will limit transatlantic destinations. It would be great if they looked at extending RWY 25 and made it the primary runway, but whether it is or not, thanks to the open skies deal, transatlanatic services from Cork are inevitable.