Penalty clauses would be madness especially in the case of Ryanair, they would refuse to pay them and as a levering tool would decide to cut back on other routes. The airport would suffer long term, lets hope that Aer Arann are not wiped out by FR as if this happens Fr would cut Dublin back to 3 a day and the airport would find it impossible to attract another carrier to the route...
The airport authority are right to stand firm with Ryanair. Cork will grow and some other airline will fill any void. I would love to see Easyjet come back to Cork. Glasgow would be a preferred choice over Prestwick for travelling public. will we see Bmibaby move the Glasgow/Knock route twice weekly to Cork??? Thin for the winter me thinks??????