Airlines ‘use M8 as excuse’ not to use Cork Airport

Travel agent representative blames Cork-Dublin motorway for lack of flights from southern airport

The head of the national organisation representing Ireland’s travel agents has accused airlines of using the M8 Cork-Dublin motorway as “an excuse” for not providing more flights out of Cork airport.

Pat Dawson, CEO of the Irish Travel Agents Association, said that hundreds of Cork people travel to the capital every day for flights, and noted that there would be “riots” if the opposite was expected of Dublin commuters.