Ryanair Celebrates 20 Million Passengers At Cork Airport

Ryanair has celebrated over 20 million passengers through Cork Airport since it began operations to/from Cork in 1987. Ryanair has a proud history in regional Ireland and was the first low-cost airline to operate at Cork Airport and has grown from a single route to/from London Luton to a 33-route operation connecting 9 countries across Europe, underpinned by Ryanair’s 4 Cork based aircraft – an investment of €400 million and supporting over 120 highly paid aviation jobs and over 1,700 local jobs at Cork Airport.

This Summer Ryanair is operating its biggest ever schedule at Cork Airport with almost 300 weekly flights across 33 routes, including 5 new routes to Barcelona, Brussels, Paris, Rhodes and Zadar, providing customers with unbeatable choice at the lowest fares when booking their Summer ’24 getaways while driving invaluable inbound tourism for Cork at the same time.

Ryanair’s Head of Communications, Jade Kirwan said: “We are proud to mark this milestone of over 20 million passengers through Cork Airport. This significant milestone resounds Ryanair’s continued growth and investment at Cork Airport – an investment of over $400m, as well as supporting over 120 highly paid aviation jobs and over 1,700 local jobs at Cork Airport.

This Summer we are operating our biggest ever schedule to/from Cork Airport with almost 300 weekly flights across 33 routes, including Ryanair’s 5 new summer sunshine routes to Barcelona, Brussels, Paris, Rhodes and Zadar. We look forward to carrying millions more passengers on Ryanair’s low-fare flights to/from Cork over the years to come.”

Mark Dwyer
Mark Dwyerhttps://flyinginireland.com
Mark is an airline pilot flying the Boeing 737 for a major European airline. In addition he is also a Type Rating Instructor, Type Rating Examiner and Base Training Captain on the B737. Outside of commercial flying Mark enjoys flying light aircraft from the smallest 3 Axis microlights up to heavier singles. He is also an instructor and EASA Examiner on single engines and a UK CAA Examiner. He flies the Chipmunk for the Irish Historic Flight Foundation (IHFF). Mark became the Chairman of the National Microlight Association of Ireland (NMAI) in 2013 and has overseen a massive growth in the organisation. In this role he has worked at local and national levels. In 2015, Mark won ‘Upcoming Aviation Professional Award’ at the Aviation Industry Awards sponsored by the IAA. Mark launched this website back in 2002 while always managing the website, he has also been Editor and Deputy Editor of FlyingInIreland Magazine from 2005 to 2015.

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