Ryanair announces its Cork Airport summer schedule, adding Fuerteventura, Spain route. Increasing flights on 14 routes for 21% traffic growth.
They increased flights on 14 other routes too. These include Alicante, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Gdansk, and Girona. Liverpool, London, Malaga, Manchester, Mallorca, Paris, Reus, Seville, and Valencia complete the list.
More seats are available to Birmingham for the Cheltenham Festival. You can also fly to Rome for the Ireland-Italy rugby match.
Ryanair wants more Cork routes, especially to Italy. It depends on making financial sense. Demand drives plane capacity, someone said.
Ryanair aims for 21% traffic growth in Cork this year. They base four planes there. Other European airports want more routes, too, so it’s up to Cork Airport to present a good case.
They want new routes to Italy, like Naples. It hinges on demand and acceptable costs. A Ryanair executive spoke about regional airport strategy, saying he thinks the current approach is flawed.
The program unfairly restricts Cork, Shannon, and West of Ireland airports. Passenger limits hinder regional airport growth. Ryanair urges the government to change this rule.
They want to raise the limit to 3 million passengers per year, which they say aligns with EU rules. This would let regional airports grow.
