Declining Cork airport needs new direction
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.