cork airport to go (temporarily) BANG!

Shannon has it. And I think over the winter period, all they have is one flight a day to Boston.

I think people would be happy to use a direct flight out of Cork even without pre clearance. If it does well and sticks around as an all year round route or routes, I'd be shocked if pre clearance didn't come in. You'd have politicians and the business sector lobbying like mad for it.
I always fly from Shannon because of the pre-clearance but once I flew from London/Lax and got stuck in the customs queue with a load of flights from countries that let's just say wouldn't be "friends of Murrica" . It was a nightmare, took hours.
Flight clearance in Shannon flying to Orlando is a dream, you land, collect bags and out the door to the transport. 30/40 mins from leaving plane
 
I always fly from Shannon because of the pre-clearance but once I flew from London/Lax and got stuck in the customs queue with a load of flights from countries that let's just say wouldn't be "friends of Murrica" . It was a nightmare, took hours.
Flight clearance in Shannon flying to Orlando is a dream, you land, collect bags and out the door to the transport. 30/40 mins from leaving plane
Yeah, I've had a couple of nightmare queues going to California in the past. Nothing worse than being on a flight for 12 or 13 hours, only to be stuck waiting in a line for another couple of hours.
A decent road up to Shannon would be great though.
 
Yeah, I've had a couple of nightmare queues going to California in the past. Nothing worse than being on a flight for 12 or 13 hours, only to be stuck waiting in a line for another couple of hours.
A decent road up to Shannon would be great though.
I never use the Mallow/Charleville route so it never bothered me really. I use the M8 all the time.
 
Cork airport nearly went bang last Summer!

Near miss between Ryanair plane and Cessna at Cork Airport​

While the planes did not collide they were less than 100 feet in distance apart at altitude at one stage according to a synopsis account by AirNav Ireland.

Cork Airport was the site of a near-miss incident between a Ryanair Boeing 737 and a Cessna plane last summer, it has been reported.

While the planes did not collide they were less than 100 feet in distance apart at altitude at one stage according to a synopsis account by AirNav Ireland, the State’s air traffic management provider, seen by the Sunday Independent.

The Ryanair flight was travelling to Manchester and was cleared for take-off within two minutes of the Cessna training plane on Friday July 26 last year. They were on intersecting runways.

The Cessna took a hard-right on take-off which steered it away from the Ryanair plane carrying passengers.
An investigation is now on-going led by the Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU). They have not yet issued a report as their work continues.

It is indicated the Cessna was on a training flight from Waterford to Cork. The plan was to do a “touch and go” where the aircraft lands and takes off without making a full stop.

It received clearance for this at 5:35pm on a runway perpendicular to the main runway.
At 5.36pm, air traffic control cleared the Ryanair plane for take-off from the main runway.
It is reported that although air traffic control realised the risks and instructed the Ryanair plane to stop, the flight crew did not hear this instruction.

The control tower then instructed the Cessna to “breach right” away from the Ryanair plane.
As the Ryanair flight rolled through the intersecting runways on take-off, the Cessna took a hard right, flying east away from danger.

With a potential collision averted, it is understood that both flights continued to their destinations.
The AAIU told the newspaper it is precluded by legislation and EU regulations from discussing the investigation. They will publish a report and indicated if a final report cannot be published within 12 months, it may publish an interim report.

Ryanair and Atlantic Flight Training Academy, which operated the C-172 flight, also reported the flight. Both said they cannot comment further as the investigation remains live.

 
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