Peej had main guy from DAA, Kenny Jacobs, in today. Opportunity missed. I've heard Peej give tougher time to Mick Barry or Tommy Gould and that's saying something. Fact is Cork airport is still some way off passenger numbers it had before last big recession. 2.9m last year compared to 3.2m in 2008. Dublin got back to 2008 figures in 2015 and now has 32m passengers compared to 23m in 2008.
Peej allowed Jacobs to gloss over comparison between Cork and Dublin, blaming the airlines. Assuming all things being equal and DAA promoting and pushing Cork to same extent as Dublin, Cork should be mirroring Dublin in terms of % increases, year on year.
If Cork had 3.2m in 2008, it should have passed that in 2015 and should now have approx 4.5m passengers.
Jacobs alluded to it himself re flights to Spain. There are multiple flights to say Malaga each day from Dublin. There is maybe one or two on a couple of days from Cork. The population imbalance between Dublin/Leinster and Cork/Southwest is not that pronounced.