Any idea on how the Shannon Passenger figures will compare to that of Cork?
With Heathrow gone for more than a third of the year, surely Cork can catch up?
For this year the gap between Cork and Shannon will remain roughly the same with both airports posting growth of about 200,000 passengers (although Cork has a higher percentage growth). I think next year will be the year when Cork really closes the gap. It was quoted today in one of the papers that the new Shannon-CDG service expects to carry about 80,000 passengers per year. Shannon-Heathrow was carrying 340,000 passengers. Thats a net loss of 260,000 passengers. Thats before you even consider the loss of American Airlines, Air Canada and Fly Globespan. If EI do reduce long haul services from Shannon in October the gap in passenger numbers could be cut even further. I remember hearing just after the passenger numbers were released last year that if you exclude transfer passengers Cork carries more passengers than Shannon.