maybe not overnight but since the goverment appointed people came in they have lost quite a lot
Care to enlighten us to these appointed people? the reason traffic has collapsed at Cork is due to this Government and the shambles that was the one before them, is they all consistently contradict themselves.
''Cork with its new Terminal and facilities will be Independent and debt free''
Its nor debt free, nor Independent.
''If we get the Irish People to elect us to Government we will create real reform and change, the Tourism sector will be over-hauled starting with Airports and they elimination of the hypocritical Travel Tax''
We haven't seen much reform or change, and vaguely none in the tourism sector, hotels and restaurants have all reduced prices to stay afloat nothing at all to do with the Government all though they like to think so. The Regulator has reduced taxes at airports by 40% no doubt due to the comments by both CEO's at Aer Lingus and Ryanair about both their futures at Dublin Airport which made the DAA think fast. The €3 ''hypocritical Travel Tax'' remains.
It looks like declines have bottomed out at both Dublin and Cork but real reform is needed to see passenger numbers return to what they were. Also in relation to current passenger numbers there are a number of factors people should remember comparing to this time last year;
*High reduction in Ryanair flights, most flights now operated by Cork based aircraft. Dublin and Faro (Now Seasonal) routes axed.
*Loss of Twice daily flights to Belfast City by Manx2 although passenger numbers account for very little, high number of movements involved.
*Net Loss of one weekly flight by Wizz Air due to a reduction in most Polish routes by one weekly service.
*Loss of most Charter flights except weekly Lanzarote flight by Iberworld.
Aer Lingus have actually increased capacity this Winter although this wont be reflected in passenger numbers.