Passenger numbers at Cork Airport for the month of April exceeded pre-Covid levels.
Over 250,000 passengers passed through the airport last month, an increase of 30% on April last year and a 19% increase on April of 2019.
Cork Airport has revised its passenger forecast for the year, and now expect 2.6 million passengers to fly to and from the airport, matching the pre-pandemic figure of 2019.
daa CEO Kenny Jacobs said: “The resumption of key summer services at Cork Airport, including those to destinations such as Frankfurt, Germany; Dubrovnik, Croatia and a new route to Bristol, UK provides even more choice for passengers at the busiest and best-connected airport serving the South of Ireland. The resumption of these services also offers Continental European and UK holidaymakers the opportunity to directly access the Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland’s Ancient East and all that Munster and the South of Ireland has to offer from Cork Airport.”