Really you just said earlier on... ''That makes no sense.''
was Aer Rianta's fault for 'letting' Ryanair operate on the Cork-Gatwick route, as if to say they had any say in the matter, let alone the power to stop them.
Of course it was. This was in the year exactly when Ryanair turned around their view to Aer Rianta and started what could only be described as an epic expansion at Dublin i'm sure you'll remember that? Aer Rianta was giving in left right and centre to Ryanair letting them go at Shannon and wanted Cork to continue its growth - Aer Lingus were growing and the void by JetMagic being filled they wanted more and more and they chose the wrong soloution to the growth they so desperately wanted because in the end they let Ryanair drive the competition away and then watched them half the amount of flights to London Gatwick and increase the fares.