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Ryanair has come under scrutiny for imposing extra wheelchair charges. It is believed that Ryanair could be gaining as much as one million euro a year from the charge. All money from these charges should be passed on to the Dublin Airport Authority.

In July the DAA brought in a 33 cent fee for all departing passengers. An EU directive was put in place so all passengers would share the cost for disabled services. Ryanair is however charging a 50 cent levy.

Shannon and Cork Airport passengers are also been charged a 50 cent levy in spite of the DAA set cost of 45 cent. Passengers at Cork Airport are paying fifteen euro in taxes and charges that it is claimed Ryanair do not have to pay according to the Evening Herald.

Ryanair flights make up forty percent of the European low cost flights market. Despite growing passenger numbers they are expected to announce a loss in profits this year. This is thought to be due to rising fuel costs.

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The DAA (Dublin Airport Authority) has predicted a drop of between three and four percent in passenger numbers for the coming year at Cork Airport, Dublin Airport and Shannon Airport.

Passenger numbers at all three airports have dropped in the last three months. There was a big drop in numbers at Shannon Airport in 2008 due to the withdrawal of the Aer Lingus Heathrow service. DAA are reporting a likely drop in traffic in 2008 in comparison to the previous year once all figures are in.

An internal review is set to place to analyze the effects lower passenger numbers may have in the coming year. The DAA say the planned finish date for terminal 2 at Dublin Airport will not be affected. Despite the current drop in passenger numbers, the DAA still believe the future to be bright for the airline industry.

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The DAA (Dublin Airport Authority) plans to save another twenty million euro in 2009 on top of the fifteen million which has already been scheduled to be cut. The cuts have been deemed necessary due to the projected decrease in passenger numbers in the next two years.

Vincent Wall of the DAA has yet to confirm that the cuts will include redundancies however it is widely believed to be the case. He refused to go into detail on how the cost cutting measures would be implemented without first having meetings with union reps.

Wall also stated that plans for a 2nd runway at Dublin Airport have been put on hold for the time being. Currently the DAA employs two thousand seven hundred staff spread over three airports, Cork, Shannon and Dublin

Pay rates have already been frozen for top DAA employees with voluntary redundancies now expected.

Cork Airport had 3 million passengers go through its doors last year. Its still lags a long way behind Dublin Airport numbers (23 million), however traffic has increased considerably since 2006 mainly due to the introduction of low fare routes.

You can fly from Cork Airport to 17 different airports. Some routes such as Manchester even have competing airlines flying from Cork. Between Ryanair and Aer Lingus there are 55 flights to London a week.

Last year at Cork Airport, the busiest routes were

• Heathrow
• Stansted
• Birmingham
• Gatwick
• Liverpool

Irish Airlines account for the bulk of flights at Cork Airport. Aer Arann has become a major player in recent years. Polish Airline Wizz Air does a lot of business with flights from Cork to Katowice, Gdansk and Warsaw.

Aer Lingus offers many routes from Cork to Europe including Malaga, Berlin and Prague.

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Rainfall in July was heavier than normal in Ireland leading to nationwide flooding.  Cork was heavily affected with the highest recorded rainfall.  It was officially the worst rainfall at Cork Airport since 1975.

Perhaps it was best to have spent July in the west with Shannon Airport having the hottest day of the month at 25.3 degrees on the 24th of July.  Ireland tourist board officials insisted that the wet summer was normal for an Irish climate; however the bad weather took a heavy toll on the country’s tourism.

Of course rain will always interfere with plans in Ireland but people know that and they need to work around it.  Perhaps instead of complaining, the wet summer should be something to be embraced?  Believe it or not but some American tourists found the weather soothing as it gave them a break from the heat at home.