You can bet too that if Cork was not on guard as much as it has been over the last few years the dirty would have again been done to Cork because it is only when you start hollerin' & roarin' and crying out that Cork gets anything close to a chance of a good and fair deal from what is essentially the same old Aer Rianta managment in the DAA HQ. Never, ever forget the political favour shown elsewhere for generations and which is still in play to this very day.
The lessons of Irish air transport history are there to be studied by all.
I see that Monarch and Thomsonfly are booked in for a number of charter flights for the Munster rugby game in Coventry next weekend. So far it looks like a combination of 737, 757 & A321 & RE ATR equipment being used for the flights with one extra rotation by both EI & FR to BHX & EMA. The new terminal should be getting a good workout with all that extra traffic!
Munster abu!