Cork letter
The news that Aerlingus has added Madrid, Lanzarote and Prague to their network is about 7 months old and has been repeated ad nauseum in press releases from Cork. Manchester is a bit more recent (3 months old)
No mention in the letter of all the routes that have been lost including CSA, Easyjet,SN Brussells, Loganair and BMI Regional or why Knock has beaten the airport serving the 2nd largest City in the state to transatlantic flights.
The last part of the question is being asked in many quarters this week inside and outside of Cork Airport