Cork Marketing
We had Zurich from Aerlingus as far back as the 1980's. What ever happened to the French Charters that used to arrive every weekend in the Spring and early Summer. Since 2005 Czech Airlines, Malev, Easyjet, Thompsonfly, Air South West, Sky Europe, Loganair and BMI Baby have all left and there's also been a huge drop in the number of Charter destinations lost.
Routes lost since 2006 include Dublin, Belfast, Cardiff, Leeds, Prague, Budapest, Berlin, Madrid , Bratislavia, East Midlands, Southampton, Plymouth and Exeter.
There have been some gains as well such as Lisbon, Brussells, Pis, Vilnius and several Polish Cities. However there is a sense that the airport is drifting.
There's no doubt that the Economic collapse has played a part in this but it doesn't tell the whole story. John Smyth was the former Aerlingus Manager for most of Continental Europe before he came to Cork. He had contacts in every part of the airline industry and the travel trade particularly in the U.K and Ireland.