Cork Airport upgrade ahead of schedule as passengers pass 2m mark

CORK International Airport handled an extra 308,000 passengers last year, bringing to 2.18 million the number of people who passed through its terminal.

The 17% increase in passenger numbers over 2002 was aided by the opening of 11 new scheduled flights from Cork to Alicante, Barcelona, Belfast, Jersey, Liverpool, London City, Milan, Nantes, Nice, Prague and Rome.

CSA Czech Airlines also commenced direct services into Prague while LTE, a Spanish airline, flew 296 sun charters over the summer months out of Cork.