Originally Posted by
dwlpl
Given the timings it looks like a Prestwick return.
I wouldn't be that sure. The aircraft arrives in Cork at 20.40. It will only be able to leave again at 21.05. That's very late to be starting a return rotation. Guessing a flight time to Prestwick of 75 minutes (It's 65 from Shannon), it would be there at 22.20. Allowing a 25 min turnaround, it would be midnight by the time it got back to Cork. There seems to be a lot of time wasted in the afternoon on the flight to Gatwick. Guessing a new flight time of 14.25, the plane could be back in Cork by 17.40, yet the evening Dublin flight doesn't leave until 18.35. If this were tightened up, as well as the 45 minute turnaround in Dublin between the second Return flights then maybe Prestwick will be launched. Otherwise we may see the aircraft finishing for the night at 20.40.
P.S. has anyone seen the timetable on the Cork Airport website.
http://www.corkairport.com/flight_info/timetables.html
It has different timings again for the first two flights from March, but for the last two flights there is the old timings! It will be interesting to see what happens.