Cork Airport to welcome 62,000 passengers over bank holiday weekend

Overall traffic during the four days expected to be 12% higher than 2024

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025 - 09:09

Martin Claffey

Cork Airport expects will welcome more than 62,000 passengers this October Bank Holiday weekend as overall traffic is expected to be 12% higher than last year.

The jazz influx is getting underway with Friday expected to be the busiest day of the bank holiday weekend.The airport will be hosting jazz events across the weekend with live performances in the terminal as part of the festival’s 'Big Fringe' – with music from the Chaupiques Brass Band, TBL8 Brass Band, and Rebel Brass.

This weekend also marks the start of the winter schedule at Cork Airport and between now and March 2026, over 1.4m seats will be on sale. “Shorter days and longer nights are upon us as we move in to Halloween and Cork Jazz season. It’s a really special time of the year here in Cork and no less in the airport where the craic and the music are carried into the terminal with live performances," said Cork Airport managing director Niall MacCarthy.

Meanwhile at Dublin Airport, almost half a million passengers will travel over the long weekend. Over the four days between Friday October 24 to Monday October 27, around 460,000 people are set to pass through Dublin Airport's gates.

Friday is expected to be the busiest day of the weekend in Dublin, with 121,000 passengers arriving and departing from the including 63,000 departing passengers.

For those flying on Sunday, October 26, daylight saving time draws to a close and the clocks fall back an hour.

The school holidays mean a busy period at Cork and Dublin. “Flights to places like the Canaries and southern Spain and Portugal are going to be busy. Ireland is also a big attraction at this time of year for tourists and we're expecting big numbers to arrive from all over the world over the coming days," said DAA director of communications Sarah Ryan.