Ryanair announces new winter schedule with 30 new jobs for Cork airport
Pictured at Cork Airport, at the announcement of Ryanair’s 2023/24 Winter schedule were Dara Brady, Director of Marketing and Communications, Ryanair; Niall MacCarthy, Managing Director, Cork Airport; Dorothy Coffey, General Manager – Operations, Safety and Facilities, Cork Airport along with Ryanair cabin crew Jude Scannell and Julia Pieciak.
Ryanair has this morning launched its winter 23/24 schedule for Cork with 23 routes including five new routes to Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Paris, Seville and Treviso.
The company also intends to increase frequencies on another six winter sun routes to Faro, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Malaga, Rome and Tenerife.
Ryanair will base one new B737 aircraft at Cork, bringing the total to three at the airport this winter-another $100m investment creating over 30 new high-paid jobs for pilots, cabin crew and engineers.
It expects to carry 2.3 million passengers to and from Cork Airport for the year and Ryanair said that Cork Airport will fully recover its pre-Covid traffic this year – two years sooner than expected.
Speaking in Cork today, Ryanair’s Dara Brady said that Ryanair’s continued growth and investment at Cork is a direct result of the cost certainty provided by Cork Airport’s long-term commitment to maintain competitive airport charges.
“Ryanair is pleased to provide even more choice and lower fares to our Cork customers/visitors for winter 23/24, with 23 routes, including five new routes from Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Paris, Seville and Treviso, as well as increased frequencies on another six routes, including popular winter sun and city break destinations like Faro, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Malaga, Rome and Tenerife. To support Ryanair’s biggest-ever winter schedule to/from Cork, we have added one new aircraft at Cork Airport, bringing our total based aircraft to three – a $300m investment and creating over 30 new high pay jobs.
“Ryanair’s continued growth and investment at Cork is a direct result of the cost certainty provided by Cork Airport’s long-term commitment to maintain competitive airport charges. We look forward to continuing our relationship with Cork Airport to further deliver important regional development, connectivity, jobs and year-round tourism into the winter 23/24 season.”
Tara Finn, Head of Aviation Business Development at Cork Airport, said:“Ryanair’s continued commitment to growth at Cork Airport is extremely welcome and this announcement of five new winter routes, along with increased frequencies on six routes is an incredible offering for consumers across the South of Ireland this winter. New winter city break destination such as Paris, Seville, and Barcelona along with winter sun services to Fuerteventura make up an exciting range of winter destinations, all direct from Cork Airport.
“The presence of Ryanair at Cork Airport today is not a coincidence, as we are delighted to welcome our 2 millionth passenger so far this year. Cork Airport is on track to welcome a total of 2.7m passengers this year and as the most popular airport in the South of Ireland, we look forward to welcoming passengers from across Munster and South Leinster as they jet off on a winter sun or city break from Cork Airport over the coming months.”
To celebrate its new based aircraft and five new routes at Cork Airport this Winter, Ryanair has launched a 2-day seat sale with fares from €24.99 available only on Ryanair’s website/app.
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