'Another fantastic month': Increase in passenger numbers at Cork Airport reported 

A "very extensive" summer schedule has just started at Cork Airport. 
'Another fantastic month': Increase in passenger numbers at Cork Airport reported 

The airport recorded its busiest day of the month on Good Friday, March 29, and its most popular destination was London Heathrow.

CORK Airport recorded a 25% increase in passenger traffic in March, compared to the same month last year.

In all, 226,250 passengers used the airport last month, according to figures released yesterday by airport operator daa.

Cork Airport had 1,552 flights over the month, and 100% of passengers were cleared through security in under 20 minutes, daa said, with an average baggage return time of 10 minutes.

Flights in and out of Cork had an overall on-time performance of 85% in March.

The airport recorded its busiest day of the month on Good Friday, March 29, and its most popular destination was London Heathrow.

The number of passengers travelling through Dublin Airport in March, some 2,622,237, was 9% higher than the same month last year, with 80,375 passengers using the airport for connecting flights.

Kenny Jacobs, daa CEO, said March had been a particularly busy month for both Dublin and Cork airports, with many people opting to escape one of the wettest months on record here to travel to warmer, sunnier destinations.

“Cork Airport had another fantastic month, with passenger numbers up 25% on March last year,” he said.

“A very extensive summer schedule has just started at Cork Airport, with a new Ryanair service to Brussels starting last weekend. Other new Ryanair services to Rhodes and Zadar will take off in June, and Air France will add additional capacity on their key hub connections to Paris Charles de Gaulle for July and August.

“At Dublin Airport, last month’s numbers were boosted by some high-profile sporting events taking place in the Aviva, including the Six Nations clash against Scotland and the soccer friendlies against Switzerland and Belgium.”

“Plenty of fans and punters also flew out to the Ireland v England rugby game in Twickenham and the Cheltenham Racing Festival,” Mr Jacobs said.

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