Cork Airport expects 68,500 passengers over June bank holiday weekend

New services take off for summer, with school holidays pushing up demand
Cork Airport expects 68,500 passengers over June bank holiday weekend

The Bandon Rugby Club U14 team heading off to Bordeaux earlier this month.The start of the post-primary school holidays is pushing up demand at Cork Airport. Picture: John Allen

Cork Airport will welcome more than 68,500 passenger over the June bank holiday weekend, up 20% compared with 2024.

The start of the post-primary school holidays is pushing up demand, and a host of summer services are taking off this weekend. A new twice-weekly service to İzmir in Turkey, operated by SunExpress, starts on Saturday, May 31 and runs until September while Ryanair summer services to Carcassonne, La Rochelle, Rhodes and Zadar all resume over the next week.

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