Munster airports preparing for a bleak Christmas

Cork and Shannon airports will see Christmas traffic fall by 89% and 96%

Cork Airport saw 32 routes operate last Christmas. This has been reduced to five in 202 due to the Covid pandemic. Picture: Larry Cummins

Munster's airports are preparing for a bleak Christmas period with passenger numbers to remain at historic lows due to the Covid-related restrictions.

Cork Airport carried almost 120,000 passengers over the Christmas period last year but this number is expected to fall by 89% to just 13,000 over the coming weeks.