Cork Airport set for a bumper bank holiday

Cork Airport is set to welcome 62,500 passengers over the May Bank Holiday weekend, a 20% increase compared to the same weekend in 2024.

It comes as An Taoiseach Micheál Martin will visit Cork Airport this Friday to launch the airport’s €200m Capital Development Plan. The new plan which, according to a Cork Airport spokesperson will be the most significant and largest investment by daa in the airport in more than 20 years, charts the course for its future growth and expansion.

May at Cork Airport will see Aer Lingus resume its twice weekly service to Dubrovnik, Ryanair resuming its twice weekly service to Alghero (Sardinia), and TUI restarting its weekly services to Reus, Lanzarote and Palma de Mallorca.

There will also be three new summer routes starting next month, with TUI’s new service to Corfu starting on May 9; Aer Lingus’ new service to Bordeaux starting on May 15, and SunExpress new service to Izmir commencing on May 31.

Niall MacCarthy, managing director at Cork Airport, said that as the May Bank Holiday weekend arrives, summer season at the airport is very much on the radar.

“It’s great to see our airport growing strongly and passengers throughout the south of Ireland choosing to use Ireland’s fastest growing airport.

“Ahead of a busy bank holiday weekend, we recommend that passengers arrive at the airport at least 90 minutes before their flight and most importantly, to pre book their car parking online on corkairport.com, where the best value and rates can be found across all three of our car parks.”

In 2024, Cork Airport welcomed 3.1 million passengers from across more than 50 routes to the UK and continental Europe, with the airport forecasting that there will be even stronger growth for 2025.

According to Cork Airport, the busiest day of the May Bank Holiday weekend is expected to be Sunday, May 4.