It's not quite as simple as supply and demand as we all know airlines play other games like operating routes to keep potential competitors out of a market or not operating potentially profitable routes so as to guard yields at another airport.
In fact if it was simple supply and demand and prices were as high as suggested, you would expect supply to increase. That said, I have suspicions about the figures. I've never seen a €939 return flight to Munich, but pick the right set of dates... Because of the lower capacity out of Cork compared to Dublin, there will always be the potential for individual events to overwhelm that capacity on a certain date.
Nevertheless, making a fuss about something that is out of the hands of politics is a great way for a politician to make some headlines without having to actually do anything.
Last edited by 840; 27th Oct 2017 at 11:30.
Reason: Wrote Zurich instead of Munich