Ryanair to base second aircraft at Shannon adding new routes

Airline calls for incentives for Dublin and Cork airports

Ryanair will operate 16 routes from the airport this summer. Picture: Eamon Ward

Cork could miss out on the post-pandemic recovery which the rest of Europe will experience, due to the planned closure of the city's airport for essential runway works, Ryanair has claimed.

The airline's chief executive Eddie Wilson said a decision to reopen his airline's Cork base has been impacted by the need for a recovery package and by the planned airport closure for a ten-week period from September 13 to facilitate a €40m overhaul of its main runway.