To get away from trains for a moment nice and all as they can sometimes be.
Cork had two interesting visitors today in the shape of a Thomson Boeing 767-200 and the Canadian registered First Choice 757-200. They were in as replacements for some Futura flights. What a shame about Futura - they have been a great presence at Cork Airport for so many years. Real old workhorses plying their trade to and from the Iberian sun to Cork.
It seemed to be like deja vous for about ten minutes up at Cork yesterday afternoon. Two US bizjets landed within a few minutes of each other, a very smart looking Global Express and a Challenger. In another 10 minutes both aircraft were gone again but guess where to but to Cork's remote parking area at where else but snn!
Dont know for sure if the corporate aircraft operators in question had sought parking at Cork or not but it sure does raise the eyebrow when you see a return to this kind of activity. Thought there was some kind of revised policy of being more welcoming to corporate aircraft visitors to Cork as afterall it is very, very easy money to allow something as big as a Global Express to park overnight for a day or two?
Maybe it was just a glitch and that all Cork's other stands were jammers all day and all night!
I am now beginning to hear the first moans and whinges from friends and acquaintances about the dropping of the Prague flight from the end of October with questions like 'What are going to do now?'
Cork should really go after CSA again. Two a week would do fine. I am sure some Cork people could land some jobs in the Czech Republic now that our own enconomy is so much weaker now than for many, many years. A lesson there for us all?