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Their Cork bookings may well be excellent. However their comment doesn't really tell us anything as they are not going to express anything but happiness in advance of the route launch. When was the last time you heard a reputable airline say "we're not so happy about forward bookings for our forthcoming route"? 
Also, the success of the route is going to depend on winning both leisure and business traffic. It shouldn't be too hard to sell leisure seats at promo fares well in advance of travel - the real test will be whether they can win enough of the higher-yield late-booking business passengers away from EI (and to some extent FR). I wish them well, but ultimately only time will tell.
Also, the success of the route is going to depend on winning both leisure and business traffic. It shouldn't be too hard to sell leisure seats at promo fares well in advance of travel - the real test will be whether they can win enough of the higher-yield late-booking business passengers away from EI (and to some extent FR). I wish them well, but ultimately only time will tell.
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“We’re [flying] Cork to London City Airport from October and I think the plan would be for next summer to have other routes out of Cork,” Ms McDermott said.
The exact number of routes is yet to be confirmed but the focus is likely to be on catering for the leisure market, of which CityJet is looking to gain a larger slice.
Demand has been strong ahead of the launch of the London route next month with sales for October on a par with the same service from Dublin.
A revised pricing policy with cheaper lead-in prices coupled with an advertising push has seen load factors — the measure of how many seats an airline fills — climb from percentages in the early forties in November of last year to the 70%-region in July and August.
The exact number of routes is yet to be confirmed but the focus is likely to be on catering for the leisure market, of which CityJet is looking to gain a larger slice.
Demand has been strong ahead of the launch of the London route next month with sales for October on a par with the same service from Dublin.
A revised pricing policy with cheaper lead-in prices coupled with an advertising push has seen load factors — the measure of how many seats an airline fills — climb from percentages in the early forties in November of last year to the 70%-region in July and August.
Completely un related to Cork but he also said:
Despite Air France exiting the business last April, a “wet lease arrangement” remains in place where CityJet carries some 80,000 passengers for the French airline each month.
Ms McDermott confirmed that talks are ongoing with another major airline for CityJet to provide a similar service.
Ms McDermott confirmed that talks are ongoing with another major airline for CityJet to provide a similar service.
CityJet eyes further routes out of Cork | Irish Examiner
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People are fed up with the high fares that EI charge on the LHR route. FR are lower but the hassle and cost of getting into Liverpool St would put you off. With LCY you are straight into the centre of London, I'm looking forward to trying it out.
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A twitter poster who was the first to announce the services to LCY, DUS, CWL and PRG has announced that a BOS route will be announced within days in big news for the airport.
Bye bye Shannon.
Bye bye Shannon.
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Bye bye Shannon?
Let's contain our excitement until we see what sort of service is proposed. We've seen too many false starts from Irish regional airports in recent years and the anti-Shannon sentiment on this forum has blighted otherwise reasonable debate on many Cork developments.
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In fairness, gaelgoir, most of the politics keeping Cork Airport down over the last number of decades has been largely to the benefit of SNN. It's been made worse by the driving of Cork traffic away from Cork Airport to T2.