CORK - 5

[Jack1985]

They won't be able to pay for a feasibility study never mind extending the runway and terminal buildings.These are the original plans which with the current state of the economy means we'll be lucky to see any of this in our lifetime,

Typical negative attitude, actually Cork coco has paid for the study and it will be carried out. It wont be extended however until the 3 million passengers threshold is passed and when funding is allocated, it will be extended simultaneously when work begins on moving the cargo area to the current GA area. The GA area will then be moved directly West of its current location, work will also then begin on a parallel taxiway. If passenger growth then continues the option will then exist to extended the current Terminal to either the North or South which will see the Old Terminal demolished. Obviously none of this will happen for a good few years, but its good for once to see in this state that planning already exists.

[840]

Angry Rebel->Someone is paying for it. And whether that is Shannon Airport, the Irish Government or the US Government, none are blessed with cash at the moment.

In the case of the US government, I would imagine it's particularly susceptible to cuts. There is almost no negative electoral consequence from the cost saving. On the plus side, the costs involved are almost irrelevant compared to the size of the US budget.

[bannercounty]

From what I understand the CBP is performing very well in Shannon. Monies are received from each passenger which are included in the flight cost. BA operate 2 flights per day using this facility and there has been a dramatic increase in private aircraft using it over the past twelve months. Agreed the lean months are November to March with service reduction from Delta, Aer Lingus, Continental etc.

[PPRuNeUser0176]

Another new Ryanair route to Girona from late March.

[Jamie2k9]

It will be 2 weekly. (Tu,Sa)

[jerry2623]

According to there booking engine FR doing Pisa departing cork 10:50 and returning from Pisa at14:55 Monday and Friday

[aer lingus]

Great, now we'll be able to fly to all 3 Barcelona airports Girona, Reus, and Barcelona itself with EI, talk about overkill.

[840]

So passenger numbers down 3% for 2011.

On the plus side, if you exclude domestic routes, numbers are up 3%. So, given that there are no more domestic passengers to lose, maybe good news.

DAA passenger numbers up slightly - The Irish Times - Tue, Jan 17, 2012

I reckon about half the passengers Cork is down from peak are from the domestic routes, especially if you add Belfast to that.

[Jamie2k9]

Wizz Air have added a third weekly Cork-Vilnius flight on Thursdays from 5 July - 6 September.

I posted that a while back since then the route will increase to 3 weekly from 31 May - 27 September.

[Sky Conductor]

Your Great Ronan

[Angry Rebel]

@840 - domestic passengers peaked at 600k so that puts in context the decline suffered and, as you have pointed out, the resilience of the remaining routes which are actually holding up.

[larry the man]

I see there is a chance of strike action at DUB in early Feb, and I know that at this stage it is no more than a threat, nothing confirmed, but can I ask, does industrial action by Police and Fire Service at DUB have any impact in ORK? Is it the same unions, perhaps even the same employer or is ORK totally separate from the DAA?

[OltonPete]

BHX & MAN

Third daily flight on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for BHX from 2/5.

Third daily flight showing for Manchester Thursday and Sunday (not Tue?)

I am not familiar with the EI Regional base so I have not noted any other adjustments to fit these flights in.

Pete

[PPRuNeUser0176]

And EDI goes from daily to 11 weely and SNN-BRS will not be operated by ORK aircraft.

[OltonPete]

MAN

The evening MAN-ORK-MAN seems to be operated by the Shannon
aircraft. SNN-MAN lands 17.00 out to ORK 17.30 and back to MAN
at 21.00 and out to SNN 21.25.

I suppose all will be revealed once the press release is out.

Pete

[PPRuNeUser0176]

SNN will also operate SNN-BRS-DUB-BRS-SNN

[brian_dromey]

SNN appears to be getting a second based ATR, as they will have a morning departure to BHX and MAN. Im glad the MAN service will be operated that little bit earlier in the day, hopefully it will prove to be a bit more reliable. If I were to be really picky a 1900 departure would be ideal. The 1730 is jut a wee bit early, if you want to do a full day of work.

The SNN aircraft seems to be going all over the place:
AC 1 : SNN-BHX-XXX-BHX-SNN-BRS-DUB-BRS-SNN
AC 2 : SNN-MAN-SNN-EDI-SNN-MAN-ORK-MAN-SNN

Potentially BHX could be operated from ORK on an SNN based aircraft (or indeed NOC, with an outside possibility of BHD/BFS). I presume this reshuffle allows for some new/increased frequency on French routes?

[Jack1985]

Aer Lingus Regional Schedule | Peak Season - June 18th to June 25th 2012

A/C 1 - ATR72:

EI3700 DEP ORK 06:45 ARR BHX 08:15 MTWTFSS
EI3701 DEP BHX 08:45 ARR ORK 10:20 MTWTFSS

EI3802 DEP ORK 10:45 ARR EDI 12:25 M--TFSS
EI3803 DEP EDI 12:55 ARR ORK 14:40 M--TFSS

EI3914 DEP ORK 10:50 ARR RNS 13:45 -T-----
EI3915 DEP RNS 14:15 ARR ORK 15:00 -T-----

EI3922 DEP ORK 11:10 ARR JER 12:50 --W----
EI3923 DEP JER 13:20 ARR ORK 15:00 --W----

EI3706 DEP ORK 15:15 ARR BHX 16:45 -----S-
EI3707 DEP BHX 17:15 ARR ORK 18:50 -----S-

EI3846 DEP ORK 15:25 ARR BRS 16:45 MTWTF-S
EI3847 DEP BRS 17:15 ARR ORK 18:35 MTWTF-S

EI3808 DEP ORK 19:00 ARR EDI 20:40 MTWTF-S
EI3809 DEP EDI 21:10 ARR ORK 22:55 MTWTF-S

EI3728 DEP ORK 19:30 ARR MAN 21:00 -----S-
EI3729 DEP MAN 21:25 ARR ORK 23:00 -----S-

A/C 2 - ATR72:

EI3720 DEP ORK 07:00 ARR MAN 08:30 MTWTFSS
EI3721 DEP MAN 09:00 ARR ORK 10:35 MTWTFSS

EI3702 DEP ORK 11:00 ARR BHX 12:30 M-W-F--
EI3703 DEP BHX 13:00 ARR ORK 14:35 M-W-F--

EI3722 DEP ORK 11:00 ARR MAN 12:30 ---T--S
EI3723 DEP MAN 13:00 ARR ORK 14:35 ---T--S

EI3922 DEP ORK 11:10 ARR JER 12:50 -----S-
EI3923 DEP JER 13:20 ARR ORK 15:00 -----S-

EI3836 DEP ORK 15:10 ARR GLA 16:40 M-WTF-S
EI3837 DEP GLA 17:10 ARR ORK 18:45 M-WTF-S

EI3846 DEP ORK 15:25 ARR BRS 16:45 -----S-
EI3287 DEP BRS 17:20 ARR DUB 18:30 -----S-
EI3288 DEP DUB 19:00 ARR BRS 20:10 -----S-
EI3849 DEP BRS 20:35 ARR ORK 21:55 -----S-

EI3708 DEP ORK 19:15 ARR BHX 20:45 MTWTF-S
EI3709 DEP BHX 21:15 ARR ORK 22:50 MTWTF-S

NON-BASED - ATR72:

EI3915 DEP RNS 13:20 ARR ORK 14:05 -----S-
EI3916 DEP ORK 14:35 ARR RNS 17:25 -----S-

EI3727 DEP MAN 17:30 ARR ORK 19:05 MTWTF-S
EI3728 DEP ORK 19:30 ARR MAN 21:00 MTWTF-S

Main Changes:

*Birmingham increased from 14PW to 17PW.
*Edinburgh increased from 7PW to 11PW.
*Manchester increased from 14PW to 16PW.
*Rennes increased from 1PW to 2PW.

[Charlie Roy]

Nice summary Jack1985

[brian_dromey]

It's definitely good news. It's a fair increase in capacity, considering that SNN-BRS is no longer operated by an ORK aircraft and the evening MAN-ORK is operated by a SNN aircraft. An extra 4 rotations per day into ORK can only be a good thing. On an annual basis that would be roughly an extra 100,000 seats, of course how many will be filled is another matter!

just looking at the secedule, it looks like there is a gap on Tuesday afternoon? BHX, MAN and GLA do not seem to operated on Tuesday. Perhaps a re-introduction of Laurient, or another French destination? Im sure RE used to operate to at lease 3 destinations in northern France?