Cork Airport welcomed a total of 203,466 passengers in February, marking an increase of 6% compared to the same month last year. The growth driven by both inbound and outbound sports fans travelling to Six Nations rugby matches, and many people took advantage of the school mid-term break, Valentine’s Day and the St Brigid’s bank holiday weekend for short breaks.
Daa CEO Kenny Jacobs said “Passenger traffic at Cork Airport last month was up 6% compared with February 2024. The busiest day of the month (February 21) coincided with the last day of the mid-term break as families took the opportunity to jet off on a short city break or a last-minute winter sun holiday. The increased number of passengers travelling during mid-term resulted in very healthy load factors and performance on services to London, Manchester, Liverpool, Seville and Paris, while popular sun destinations also recorded a significant boost, particularly Malaga, Alicante, Lanzarote and Tenerife.
Our load factors on ski services are doing extremely well and throughout February, special charter services to Verona were added to the complement of ski routes from Cork – Salzburg, Munich and Lyon.”
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