Originally Posted by Vkid
Get over yerselves FFS. Surely if Cork has the huge local market ye always speak of ye shouldnt need buses from Galway and Limerick
That's the thing though, there is a big local market but airlines are literally afraid to come in because of the anti-competitive tactics of Ryanair specifically (and Aer Lingus to a lesser extent). We have a joke of a competition law in this country.
What I would love to see is (outside of the current routes), any new route with say, at least 3 flights a week, can have the route to themselves for a period of 3-5 years so they can properly establish themselves. This would protect airlines from Ryanair dumping tens of thousands of free seats in an effort to undercut their competitors off the route.
What Ryanair did to Easyjet on the LGW was an outrage, made worse by them getting away with it completely.