Aer Lingus announces Cork to Lisbon and cessation of Prague, 22/08/08

Aer Lingus recently announced that it will commence a new route from Cork to Lisbon. The route will begin on March 14th next and operate three times per week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Flights will depart Cork at 0640 and arrive in Lisbon at 0910, depart Lisbon at 0945 and arrive back in Cork at 1220.

Meanwhile, Aer Lingus have decided to axe their Cork to Prague route from November 2nd, and are replacing it with extra flights to Rome Fumicino airport. This will bring the Rome service to six flights perweek. Eastern Europe has seen a significant drop in services from Cork in recent times. CSA, Central Wings, Malév and SkyEurope have all left, or are leaving, Cork with no new airlines filling the significant gaps in the Cork route network to Eastern Europe. C-S

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SkyEurope axe Cork to Bratislava route, 18/07/08

SkyEurope, the Slovakian based low-cost carrier is to axe it's popular route from Bratislava to Cork. The flight operates three times weekly on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and was reported to have had high load factors on the route. The last flight will be on Saturday, October 25th next. The airline is also ceasing services to Dublin and Birmingham. C-S

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TNT cease flights from Cork, 18/07/08

TNT recently ceased it's daily Cork cargo flight, and moved operations to Shannon. The flight had operated in to Cork from Liege each weekday morning at 0730, and departed each evening to Liege, via Shannon, at 1930 with a BAe 146-300QT. Allegedly the move resulted from escalating costs, and the cost of operating the flight between Cork and Shannon each day was too high. TNT still retain their warehouse at Cork Airport, and freight is now transported by road to Shannon. C-S

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Aer Lingus announces winter schedule 2008/09 from Cork, 22/05/08

Aer Lingus today announced its winter schedule for 2008/09 from Cork Airport with the addition of a new service from Cork to Geneva. This brings to 18 the number of routes operated by the airline from Cork.
A new service from Cork to Geneva will commence on December 2nd and will operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Flights depart Cork at 0710 and arrive in Geneva at 1015. The return leg departs at 1055 and arrives back in Cork at 1220.
Flights to Faro will be extended beyond the summer schedule, operating until the end of November. The airline currently has a fleet of three Airbus A320s and one A321 based in Cork, with a staff of 270.

Commenting on the announcement, Enda Corneille, Corporate Affairs Director, said, "Today's announcement demonstrates our continued commitment to the Cork region & the South of Ireland. We are delighted to extend our offering, giving customers greater choice of destination, quality service and creating new links in inbound tourism all of which is enhancing our customer base from Cork."

Commenting on the development, Kevin Cullinane, Marketing Manager Cork Airport said, "We are delighted to welcome the addition of Geneva with Aer Lingus to the growing number of destinations served from Cork Airport. As Munster's principal international gateway to the South of Ireland, Cork Airport continues to expand its network of destinations and growth into Europe which, in recent years has been led by Aer Lingus." C-S

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Wizz Air launches new flights from Warsaw to Cork, 20/05/08

Wizz Air announced today that it would start new flights from Warsaw to Cork Airport. This route will become the carrier’s third Polish route from Cork after Katowice and Gdansk.

The first flight between Warsaw and Cork will take off on 13 July 2008 and will be operated twice a week initially on Thursday and Sunday. Flights depart Warsaw at 0540 and arrive in Cork at 0745. Flights depart Cork at 0815 and arrive in Warsaw at 1215. Add one hour for all times on Sunday.
Tickets for the flights are already on sale on the airline’s website, wizzair.com or by calling the Wizz Air call centre on 0871 781 1096 (in Ireland) or 0300 50 30 10 (in Poland).

This is very welcome news after both Aer Lingus and Central Wings axed the route from Cork in recent times.C-S