Declining Cork airport needs new direction

Stephen Rogers and Eoin English examine Cork Airport’s decline and its attempts to take off again

WITH the loss of yet another route this week and a continued decline in passengers going through Cork Airport, the ability for the airport to compete on a level playing field with Dublin and Shannon is once again being questioned — but what lies behind Cork’s apparent passenger decline and are the problems surmountable?

Last night, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin became the latest to claim that: “Dublin and Shannon are surging ahead while Cork Airport is in decline under this Government.