The daa reported Cork Airport’s strong 2024 continued in September as it welcomed a record 295,000 passengers, up 14% increase compared with September 2023. The strong performance means Cork Airport remains on track to break through the three million passenger level before the end of the year.
daa CEO Kenny Jacobs said “Growth at Cork Airport continues on a very healthy and a very strong trajectory. Cork is the fastest growing airport in the state and that is exemplified with 14% more passengers travelling to and from the airport during the month of September compared with September last year. I know that the team in Cork are working incredibly hard to secure new and additional services. Ryanair announced two new winter routes from Cork for the coming season. I expect that there will be further good news from Cork as the months progress. Cork Airport has the fullest of support from daa Group in continuing that robust growth into the future.”
Many passengers took the opportunity for some late summer sunshine, flying from the South of Ireland’s busiest airport to Spain, Portugal, the Canary Islands, Italy, and Greece. Passenger traffic and load factors on routes to the UK, along with the major European hubs of Amsterdam Schiphol and Paris Charles de Gaulle, remained strong.
Two new winter routes announced by Ryanair (Brussels Charleroi and Rome Ciampino), Cork Airport will continue to provide key, direct access to some of Europe’s largest cities this winter including Rome, Paris, and Barcelona.
Image Credit: Cork Airport
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