easyJet Cork - game over
This evening's Cork Evening Echco newspaper has a front page story confirming that easyJet are quitting Cork on 30th September. The newspaper is quoting that whilst Cork was their most successful Irish route tough competition from Ryanair has forced them off the route. Flights from Gatwick to Knock Airport and Shannon are also ending on the same date.
This is a very bad blow in public relations terms for Cork Airport in the days prior to the opening up of her new terminal. The move by easyJet makes Cork Airport look very foolish indeed and again brings into question last autumn's courting of Ryanair by the bunch in charge at Cork Airport.
That was one bad day's work and brings into question the competence of the Cork Airport board. By any yardstick Ryanair have made clear their own lack of committment to Cork Airport since January of this year by pulling the FR903/4, FR907/8 for the peak summer months and the cutting of their Liverpool flight to 4 weekly down from a daily service.
The competence of the Cork Airport board is further drawn into even more question today if what is being rumored around Cork today has any basis - there was a significant electricity failure in the Cork south city area last Monday in the localities, roughly, from Ballincollig to Crosshaven. The airport must have been affected in some way because that electricity failure is now being touted around as the latest lame excuse for not yet opening the new terminal!
The bunch in charge at Cork Airport are just something else, aren't they! Why would you have any faith in them?
Last edited by Tom the Tenor; 21st Jul 2006 at 22:08.