Cork Airport - *Read Mod Note in First Post Before Posting*

If they are aware of the cap in Dublin and only interested in flying to Dublin, why are they ringing him up asking if the cap applies to other Irish airports?

That 'reporting' by the examiner was just a transcript job of whatever stream of consciousness came out of him. No insight or follow up questions at all obviously.

Article states that there will be 3 737 Max aircraft based here, but booking system still suggests only 2. Also states that Gdansk has increased flights but they’re the same amount as last year 3pw

https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryanair-launches-summer-2025-schedule-for-cork-including-new-fuerteventura-route/

I suppose for example, my last flight I paid 120 return with Aer Lingus, was looking at more than double that with KLM. For Dublin it was under 100 but that was into BRU instead which actually would've suited me better. I only used the DUB-AMS route during the pandemic and it cost next to nothing, haven't bothered in a couple of years.

I'm nearly always flexible about when I fly and Aer Lingus will typically have one extremely cheap flight around the time I need to go, whilst with KLM there's a bit of a floor on what you pay.

FWIW I've lived in the Netherlands, Belgium and briefly in Germany for the past few years, I'm not a business traveller. CDG is fine for Belgium when it's back which gives me an extra option at the very least.

This document gives a hint of what the DAA may have in store for the development of the airport, over the next three years. It shows the new pier to the south, and also, a second mini pier to the north. 4 new departure gates are being added, bringing the total number to 12. The new southern pier also looks like it has room for further expansion, with the possibility of up to 5 additional gates, by adding four to the eastern side and one final gate at the southern tip. The new south pier is longer than the existing terminal.

https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/33/joint_committee_on_transport_and_communications/submissions/2023/2023-11-22_opening-statement-kenny-jacobs-ceo-daa_en.pdf

Piers 7&8 in that plan have an outline of a larger plane , can I dare and imagine sometime we might end up with an extended runway allowing them to operate?

Skyscanner isn't showing Nice, but it is showing Dalaman.. That's how I found out Izmir would be announced before it was.

I was wondering what that was about, and thought it might be someone throwing together a quick mock up to show an oireachtas committee at short notice.

The runway extension is definitely on the DAA's agenda, though does not appear to be as much a priority as the terminal extension. The area to the north of the runway is zoned for runway extension in the 2022 city development plan. Interestingly, the DAA made a submission to the city council when the 2022 plan was being drafted, requesting that a much larger tract of land be zoned for runway extension than was initially envisioned. I'm not sure if the city council took the request on board, as the adopted plan has the smaller area zoned.

Also notable is the amount of land to the north east of the runway which has been zoned for future airside development.

I reckon the 7.5 million by 2035 is a little outdated now giving how fast the airport is growing. I remember reading about that in an article from years and years ago about that being the “Ultimate Cork Airport Passenger Goal” or something along those lines. I wouldn’t be surprised if further expansion gets fast-tracked to keep up with passenger demand and that 7.5M goal is reached in the early 2030s

Wow wow wow👏

I would think 7.5 million in 10 years is extremely ambitious, given the airport still hasn't even reached its previous high of 3.2million in 2008 (which was 17 years ago!!). 5 million by 2028 even seems extremely ambitious, I can't see any real growth in numbers this year given the loss of AMS from EI. That would give 2 years to almost double the passengers through the airport. How is this going to happen?

KLM will use larger aircraft though it’s just a matter of when. Then the pax numbers will get back on track. The CMO of Ryanair said they’re looking to expand at Cork again soon so I’d expect a fresh wave of routes from them for next summer to help up the passenger numbers as the terminal expands.

Yes but how do you go from 3.3mil in 2025 to 5million in 2028? A few bucket and spade routes from Ryanair won't do it.

That's brilliant in fairness. The only catch is that those buses are 30min max frequency and daytime hours. They need to push BÉ and council for longer hours of operation and higher frequency. But not taking from the Airport's effort here, fair play to them for this.

Agreed. Need to start somewhere and this is something to be welcomed.