Ryanair have announced a €200 million investment in Cork Airport as they plan a "full recovery".
This investment will bring 20 routes to Cork, including the introduction of new services to Birmingham and Edinburgh which are unserved following the collapse of Stobart Air.
A spokesperson for the airline said: "Cork Airport and the DAA have worked closely with Ryanair over the last number of months, to extend the traffic recovery scheme to the end of Oct 22 to incentivise Ryanair traffic to return to pre-pandemic levels.
"Ryanair has responded by reopening it’s base and restoring its traffic at Cork in full for Summer ‘22."
60 jobs will be created at the base as a result of the reopening.
Ryanair DAC CEO Eddie Wilson, said: "Ryanair is delighted to confirm the reopening of its two aircraft base at Cork Airport. This $200M investment secures 60 Ryanair jobs at Cork, but more importantly restores passenger traffic at Cork to pre-pandemic levels for Summer ‘22. Cork along with Shannon, Kerry, and Knock have had their Ryanair traffic fully restored to pre-pandemic levels of capacity ensuring the recovery of tourism, jobs, and connectivity."
The winter routes will see Ryanair fly from Cork to 12 different destinations from December 1.
They are:
- Alicante
- Birmingham
- Edinburgh
- Gdansk
- Lanzarote
- Liverpool
- London Gatwick
- London Stansted
- London Luton
- Malaga
- Poznan
For the summer 22' season, which Ryanair begin flying for from March, the following routes will be in operation:
- Alicante
- Birmingham
- Bordeaux
- Carcassonne
- Faro
- Gdansk
- Girona
- Gran Canaria
- Lanzarote
- Liverpool
- London Gatwick
- London Stansted
- London Luton
- Malaga
- Mallorca
- Milan Bergamo
- Poznan
- Reus
- Tenerife
To celebrate the return to Cork Airport, Ryanair has fares available from just €19.99 for travel until end of October ‘22, which must be booked by midnight Thursday 30 September ‘21, only on the Ryanair website.
