Seems like Cork is just treading water with those figures. The CAA`s marketing dept needs to get their finger out. Think East Midlands is the only new route announced in recent times.
The CAA should be talking to Lufthansa on a Cork-Frankfurt route, given they operate a thrice daily A321 service to Dublin. The Bombardier 900 regional jet that Lufthansa/Eurowings operate to Knock would be perfect for Cork.
An increase in frequencies to Paris and Brussels would be great too.
It was a bit ironic recently to hear Herr Mueller stating that there will no longer be a Cork-Dublin service due to the close proximity of Cork and Dublin via the motorway yet in his own country, the land of the autobahn, Lufthansa operates flights from a city like Nuremberg to cities closer in proximity than Cork is to Dublin, to destinations such as Munich, Frankfurt and Stuttgart.