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Was in the Cork terminal around tea time on Friday evening and the knock on effects of the previous night's diversions were plain to see. It was a mess with the place crowded out and the Liberty Stream Creche going at full tilt with playful, screeching children running around like mad things! What the decibel level must be! Far noiser than any first generation jet or Concorde to be sure! The main restaurant was doing the usual Cork thing by closing and the queues for the Coffee Cuisine shop were very long with throngs of hungry customers waiting patiently to be served.
The EI to Alicante was boarding going out a nice few hours late around 8.30 pm. The two Heathrows, EI715 and EI723 came in within a few minutes of each other making the '715 more than 4 hours late before she went out again as the EI844 to Amsterdam at 2125 hours about 3.5 hours late. The inbound FR from DUB was late due to wx at Dublin so when she eventually got in and emptied there were then three Londons boarding, FR908, FR9854 & EI724. The EZY788 had just got out beforehand. What a sight it would have been to have the 4 Londons boarding together!
So many people's weekend travel plans were so disrupted on a busy Friday. What a shambles the state of Cork Airport is in when the weather goes bad! Whatever it takes, money, earthworks, etc a CATIII landing system just has to be insisted on for Cork Airport.
You know what was funny? An RE from DUB was late due to the Dublin weather and in the end they had to give out food vouchers to the outbound pax to DUB. Good, says you but guess what - by the time the Coffee Cuisine shop at Cork closed the vouchers would only be redeemable at Dublin Airport!
The EI to Alicante was boarding going out a nice few hours late around 8.30 pm. The two Heathrows, EI715 and EI723 came in within a few minutes of each other making the '715 more than 4 hours late before she went out again as the EI844 to Amsterdam at 2125 hours about 3.5 hours late. The inbound FR from DUB was late due to wx at Dublin so when she eventually got in and emptied there were then three Londons boarding, FR908, FR9854 & EI724. The EZY788 had just got out beforehand. What a sight it would have been to have the 4 Londons boarding together!
So many people's weekend travel plans were so disrupted on a busy Friday. What a shambles the state of Cork Airport is in when the weather goes bad! Whatever it takes, money, earthworks, etc a CATIII landing system just has to be insisted on for Cork Airport.
You know what was funny? An RE from DUB was late due to the Dublin weather and in the end they had to give out food vouchers to the outbound pax to DUB. Good, says you but guess what - by the time the Coffee Cuisine shop at Cork closed the vouchers would only be redeemable at Dublin Airport!
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Rumour has it that Cork Glasgow may get a jet service for the Winter. Loganair are withdrawing from the route in late September.
If not then wat other Carriers would operate the route?
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Originally Posted by ryan2000
Rumour has it that Cork Glasgow may get a jet service for the Winter. Loganair are withdrawing from the route in late September.
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The Loganair fare structure was a throwback to the pre low cost days. I know many people who prefered to drive to SNN and fly low cost with Ryanair to PIK. If they can sustain SNN-PIK on a daily basis then a Cork flight is a no brainer.
It appears that one airline is taking a close look at it for winter 06/07.
It appears that one airline is taking a close look at it for winter 06/07.
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What about ei opearting the route .. i thought somebody said earlier that the ei winter programme is missing 1 uk route !!!!!!!! After all with the 40 min turnaround its only a 3 hr rotation
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Bet the Cork-Dublin Aer Aranns and Ryanairs are all jammed today because of the lightening unofficial strike by the Irish Rail train drivers at Cork's Kent Station and Dublin's Heuston Station not wanting to take out and use the new trains.
Ryanair will not be able to make as much out of it as they would like due to their dropping of the early morning Dublin flight for the winter. It is an opportunity though for Aer Arann for some publicity and would coincide well with their order today for new aeroplanes. Another flight on Cork-Dublin for the course of this strike?
Either way it looks like Aer Arann are going to reclaim Cork-Dublin in the fullness of time.
Ryanair will not be able to make as much out of it as they would like due to their dropping of the early morning Dublin flight for the winter. It is an opportunity though for Aer Arann for some publicity and would coincide well with their order today for new aeroplanes. Another flight on Cork-Dublin for the course of this strike?
Either way it looks like Aer Arann are going to reclaim Cork-Dublin in the fullness of time.
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Originally Posted by Bearcat
840...the only way that Cat3 will ever be installed on the main ldg rwy being 17 is a major and I mean major reconstruction of the threshold area of 17. This will mean rwy closure and rwy 25/07 is not an option for a320/737 operations except in howling winds on the nose.
In conclusion, forget Cat 3, its pie in the sky and will remain so for the forseeable future. You will remain discommoded on foggy days. thats the plain reality of it.
In conclusion, forget Cat 3, its pie in the sky and will remain so for the forseeable future. You will remain discommoded on foggy days. thats the plain reality of it.
Obviously in 2070 when the debt has finally been cleared :-(
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Interesting story in this morning's Examiner.
It looks like they expect the DAA to receive €200m for the sale of Great Southern Hotels.
http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer...479-qqqx=1.asp
It looks like they expect the DAA to receive €200m for the sale of Great Southern Hotels.
http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer...479-qqqx=1.asp
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This is the same story that appeared in the Sunday Business Post last Sunday, however it omits the comment that the proceeds will be required to fund the expansion plan at Dublin Airport.
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That was my point to an extent. Dividing up on the number of passengers, Cork would be entitles to €25m of that money, which would make a nice start to repaying the debt.
Incidentally, Thomas Crosbie Holdings own both The Examiner and The Sunday Business Post, so it's not surprising that they re-heat each other's stories.
That was my point to an extent. Dividing up on the number of passengers, Cork would be entitles to €25m of that money, which would make a nice start to repaying the debt.
Incidentally, Thomas Crosbie Holdings own both The Examiner and The Sunday Business Post, so it's not surprising that they re-heat each other's stories.
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Aer Arann's decision to move from Angers to Nantes is generally pretty welcome. Nantes worked out fine for GX (Sniff, sniff!) so it should be okay for RE and it has the added spark of sniping away at the FR snn Nantes operation and as we all know every passenger counts!
News from the asylum (Cork!) is that two busses were hired today to help out in the boarding of a Titan Boeing 757 on a charter to Tarbes for a Lourdes flight. The weather was shockingly wet here in Cork all morning so the hiring of the busses has been most welcome. The thing is though the weater has cleared up nicely in the last while so the geniuses will have to fork out for the bussess whether they were used or not! At least they are now sticking to the boy scouts motto of Bi Ullamh! Small steps!
Has anyone any update on the opening of the new terminal? Time is moving on and we are getting near the peak or is it the 'pake!'
News from the asylum (Cork!) is that two busses were hired today to help out in the boarding of a Titan Boeing 757 on a charter to Tarbes for a Lourdes flight. The weather was shockingly wet here in Cork all morning so the hiring of the busses has been most welcome. The thing is though the weater has cleared up nicely in the last while so the geniuses will have to fork out for the bussess whether they were used or not! At least they are now sticking to the boy scouts motto of Bi Ullamh! Small steps!
Has anyone any update on the opening of the new terminal? Time is moving on and we are getting near the peak or is it the 'pake!'
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A guess at October? Oh, crumbs! Guess they could always do a Beauvais on it and erect a few tents? Where though or would it be better to leave well enough alone and carry on as they are now?
Today's Cork Evening Echo is leading with the story that one of the the rugby flights will be operating to Birmingham rather than to Cardiff as noted above and how dissatified the fans are with the situation. Cardiff Airport is claiming all the available slots were full since 3rd May for the match and they were fulfilled on a first come, first served basis. The flight (Corse Air 747) will be departing Cork at 7 am on Saturday and returning from Birmigham at 11 pm that night with coach transfer to & from Cardiff. The fans are giving out that they will be unable to soak up much of the atmostphere in Cardiff.
A fair enough gripe, I suppose, but I just hope that the fans are able to start their flights from Cork rather than from you know where! We all know what the local weather can be like at Cork!
Today's Cork Evening Echo is leading with the story that one of the the rugby flights will be operating to Birmingham rather than to Cardiff as noted above and how dissatified the fans are with the situation. Cardiff Airport is claiming all the available slots were full since 3rd May for the match and they were fulfilled on a first come, first served basis. The flight (Corse Air 747) will be departing Cork at 7 am on Saturday and returning from Birmigham at 11 pm that night with coach transfer to & from Cardiff. The fans are giving out that they will be unable to soak up much of the atmostphere in Cardiff.
A fair enough gripe, I suppose, but I just hope that the fans are able to start their flights from Cork rather than from you know where! We all know what the local weather can be like at Cork!
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On my way home today, in the pouring rain I may add, I heard too business type people talking about the terminal opening on the 21st or 28th of June as some of the shops inside there are anxious to open and are thinking of training staff elsewhere and then a quick run aroun 
At this stage they were wondering as to why I was standing next to them and I started to fiddle with my fone as I walked away. Now, If I'm wrong or they were just talking BS don't blame me!! Just said I would post it anyway 
I'm hoping it is all for real - I'm travelling out on the 28th, would love if it opened then 
At this stage they were wondering as to why I was standing next to them and I started to fiddle with my fone as I walked away. Now, If I'm wrong or they were just talking BS don't blame me!! Just said I would post it anyway I'm hoping it is all for real - I'm travelling out on the 28th, would love if it opened then
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Just an update on the munster rugby final from todas echo:
"All special rugby charters on the day will operate from the "North Terminals" adjacent to the Cargo Depots"
blah blah blah (sercurity crap)
"There will be limited catering facilities at the "North Terminals"
"Scheduled Flights and Holiday charters will operate as usual"
"ALL ARRIVALS operate as normal through the main terminal"
So does this mean that the new terminal will be open for the day
or is it going to be some stupid tent that has been talked about 
And here are the updated times with thanks to corkspotter
Also let's hope for us spotters that 35 is in use as it is going to be very busy up by the cargo bay and with the multistory car park in use it will prove hard to get in to the place for a space on the top.
"All special rugby charters on the day will operate from the "North Terminals" adjacent to the Cargo Depots"
blah blah blah (sercurity crap)
"There will be limited catering facilities at the "North Terminals"
"Scheduled Flights and Holiday charters will operate as usual"
"ALL ARRIVALS operate as normal through the main terminal"
So does this mean that the new terminal will be open for the day
or is it going to be some stupid tent that has been talked about And here are the updated times with thanks to corkspotter
Also let's hope for us spotters that 35 is in use as it is going to be very busy up by the cargo bay and with the multistory car park in use it will prove hard to get in to the place for a space on the top.
SATURDAY
FLT FROM STA STD FLT TO ACFT
XLA770P MAN 0425 0525 XLA770 BRS 737-800
MON056P LGW 0445 0600 MON8057 BRS A300
XLA175P NCL 0450 0550 XLA784O BRS 737-800
MON8038P CWL 0700 0800 MON8038 CWL A300
CRL040 ORY 0700 0800 CRL841 CWL 747-400
FJE912P LGW 0725 0830 FJE912 CWL 767-200
MON8020P CWL 0730 0830 MON8020 CWL 767-300
BE082P BHX 0740 0820 BE8003 CWL 146-300
MPJ999P DUB 0800 0900 MPJ9991 CWL MD83
DBK487 BRS 0840 0930 DBK488 BRS MD83
VLM883P MAN 0915 1000 VLM883 CWL FK50
VLM884 CWL 2135 2200 VLM884F MAN FK50
FJE913 CWL 2210 2300 FJE913P LGW 767-200
BE8004 CWL 2215 2245 BE8004P BHX 146-300
MON8039 CWL 2225 2355 MON8057P LGW A300
MON8021 CWL 2255 2355 MON8021P LGW 767-300
MON8056 CWL 2255 2355 MON8056P LGW A300
CRL842 CWL 2340 0405sunday CRL043 ORY 747-400
SUNDAY
DBK491 BRS 0130 0220 DBK492 BRS MD83
XLA771 BRS 0130 0225 XLA772P MAN 737-800
DI432P TXL 1315 1400 DI433 TXL 737-300 xtra charter
DBK493 BRS 1420 1510 DBK494 BRS MD83
MPJ9997 CWL 1600 1645 MPJ997P CWL MD83
MON Monarch
FJE Flyjet
DBL Dubrovnik airline
CRL Corsair France
DI Deutche BA
XLA Excel Airways
VLM VLM Airways.
FLT FROM STA STD FLT TO ACFT
XLA770P MAN 0425 0525 XLA770 BRS 737-800
MON056P LGW 0445 0600 MON8057 BRS A300
XLA175P NCL 0450 0550 XLA784O BRS 737-800
MON8038P CWL 0700 0800 MON8038 CWL A300
CRL040 ORY 0700 0800 CRL841 CWL 747-400
FJE912P LGW 0725 0830 FJE912 CWL 767-200
MON8020P CWL 0730 0830 MON8020 CWL 767-300
BE082P BHX 0740 0820 BE8003 CWL 146-300
MPJ999P DUB 0800 0900 MPJ9991 CWL MD83
DBK487 BRS 0840 0930 DBK488 BRS MD83
VLM883P MAN 0915 1000 VLM883 CWL FK50
VLM884 CWL 2135 2200 VLM884F MAN FK50
FJE913 CWL 2210 2300 FJE913P LGW 767-200
BE8004 CWL 2215 2245 BE8004P BHX 146-300
MON8039 CWL 2225 2355 MON8057P LGW A300
MON8021 CWL 2255 2355 MON8021P LGW 767-300
MON8056 CWL 2255 2355 MON8056P LGW A300
CRL842 CWL 2340 0405sunday CRL043 ORY 747-400
SUNDAY
DBK491 BRS 0130 0220 DBK492 BRS MD83
XLA771 BRS 0130 0225 XLA772P MAN 737-800
DI432P TXL 1315 1400 DI433 TXL 737-300 xtra charter
DBK493 BRS 1420 1510 DBK494 BRS MD83
MPJ9997 CWL 1600 1645 MPJ997P CWL MD83
MON Monarch
FJE Flyjet
DBL Dubrovnik airline
CRL Corsair France
DI Deutche BA
XLA Excel Airways
VLM VLM Airways.