There is a suggestion from ASU.Cork's posting from 20th March, 2008 that the management at Cork may only want flight operations between 0600 & 0000 - if so, would such a mindset have discouraged Central Wings from staying on at Cork for the Krakow service - they did like to operate some red-eye flights in the wee small hours? I would accept that such early timings would be of only little attraction to outbound Cork weekenders etc. Mind you, the relative closeness of the Wizz Air Katowice destination may have been a factor too in KRK being dropped.
Sure hope that Cork has plans to get Budapest back in the not too distant future - got to be losing out there, it is so galling heading into the summer season without a service.
America, just too many ifs and buts - if snn loses a NYC flight and if EI start transatlantic ex Belfast etc, etc. If anything, it seems to be getting harder for Cork to achieve a U S flight not easier?