Originally Posted by Copenhagen
Less than a year ago the DAA were being slammed for not building all the airbridges, now you complain that you have too nice a terminal. Cake and eat it comes to mind.
People also forget about all the support the DAA gives to ORK, in terms of knowhow, in the same way that Southampton punches way over its weight because it has the support of the BAA. Cork's profit is because it has zero debt of its own on its books - every other company in Ireland would like this positioning.
Are you sure you aren't a DAA board member ? A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing ...
Shannon's terminal = €29m
Cork's Terminal = €220m
Dublin's Terminal = an estimated €2,000m which will be a monument to lunacy.
Originally Posted by Copenhagen
Aer Rianta is an Irish state company, not a dublin company if I recall. As far as I know Cork is in Ireland.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
Yes, you are wrong.
Aer Rianta is an Irish semi-state company which is politically controlled from Dublin. They have never had the interests of anyone but their own little kingdom, at heart. It is, simply, a plaything of Fianna Fail. Cork has never received fair play from Aer Rianta, it was always crumbs from the master's table.
The only person who ever really tried to sort out the corrupt mess that is Aer Rianta, was Seamus Brennan when he was Minister. It was he who decided, correctly, that the Airports should be broken up and that Cork & Shannon should start on a debt free basis because all the assets of Aer Rianta were going to be transferred to the DAA. Those assets are worth about €1,000m. Can you not understand that ?
Shannon and Cork will never match Dublin for passenger numbers because they simply don't have the hinterland population but they can operate successfully in a fair and free environment.
If you knew anything about Ireland, you would know that Noel Dempsey is a Fianna Fail yes man, who does what he is told. He should have been sacked for total incompetence on a number of occasions, not least when he used €60m of public money to buy rubbish e-voting machines. However, in Fianna Fail, being a henchman and the ability to say yes, is valued above incompetence.