It probably sounds much better if one says: 'we pull out because the airport authoritity has raised the charges and didn't want to re-negotiate them' and much harder to say 'we quit because even the 80% discount is not enough to keep the route profitable'. The reason? It's just another example of the undesired consequences of the limits of well-known point-to-point system. Good for big centres, not efficient for less-populated areas. Cork (as many other FR airports) has too small population to support more than just a few most important p2p routes. The further growth of a low-cost traffic can be sustained only by the acceptance of some connecting flights. It should finally be understood, the earlier the better.