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Cork airport would only see “two flights a day maximum” if Ryanair decides to close its base, a spokesman warned.
The airport’s communications chief has spoken of the disastrous consequences that Ireland’s second-busiest airport would face if Michael O’Leary decides to disconnect the airline’s base there.
Kevin Cullinane’s comments come as Ryanair has threatened to close its Cork and Shannon bases for the winter months.
The budget airline said “government inaction” would be to blame if they decide to pull out and called the green list a “failure” that “devastated customer trust and reservations.”
They are asking the government to incorporate the EU’s “traffic light” system, which sees countries divided into areas based on their infection rates per 100,000.
Speaking to the RTE Cork airport communications chief, he said the airline accounts for 81 percent of its current traffic and that losing them would “absolutely bring us to our knees.”
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He said: “Ryanair has continued to operate 24 services during the summer and at this time they represent 81 percent of the business we have.
“So if Ryanair closed its base here, it would absolutely cut us down to two flights a day maximum, which would absolutely bring us to our knees.”
Ryanair’s proposed withdrawal could spell disaster for the airport and for employees in many parts of Cork.
Cork Airport is expected to lose more than € 23 million in revenue by the end of the following year. Compared to 2019, the number of passengers was reduced by 95%.
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