Imagine the coup Etihad could have by routing two of those ten flights via Cork. I would eat my eat if they could not pick up a hundred or so passengers at two flights a week and even via the capital city. Why is this not being sought by the marketeers at Cork or does it all come down to protecting dear ol' Dublin at all costs and let Cork go to hell? Certainly, if there are long haul A330s being despatched from Dublin with fifty passengers there is nothing to lose in trying a few flights via Cork. What an opportunity is being missed in not putting Cork on the long haul map.