CCR
I am all for Cork going free and wish it would happen however it will not address the decline in numbers. Aer Lingus still would of made the winter cuts even on reduced charges. Believe it or not they have cut DUB this winter.
Is an independent facility going to relay on Ryanair to deliver growth and have a race to the bottom between SNN and ORK and people would find a way of saying the daa is at fault.
All well and good you taking the train however of many people its to costly, cheapest is 30e booked well in advance and up to 75e return where as a bus is under 20-30. Believe more large numbers go to city, if airport numbers were booming they would skip the city stop.
Where will the growth come from and people are unable to answer and leaving the daa will not do much in this respect.
KLM - EI code share
AF - tried SNN and EI have a daily service
LH - have looked at airports outside DUB and not interested apparently!
SK financial problems and ORK is unlikely to work
Need I list more carriers and no loco will comes to Ireland because of FR effect.