Cork Airport suffers largest decline in passenger numbers in Q3

The most popular routes in Cork Airport last quarter were London - Stansted, London - Heathrow and London - Gatwick which handled some 30,400 passengers between them.

Cork Airport suffered the largest decline in passenger numbers in the country last quarter, as the impact of Covid-19 continues to hammer the aviation sector.

Just over 90,200 passengers were handled by Cork Airport during July, August and September of this year, compared to some 832,000 in the same three months in 2019, a fall of almost 74%.