Cork Airport boss buoyed by strong numbers

Cork Airport has come a long way from the doldrum days experienced during the recession — it expects to handle 2.31m passengers, a 4% increase, by year-end .

Airport managing director Niall McCarthy predicts further gains in 2018, even though Brexit and a weak sterling will have an impact on the number of British visitors.

At a meeting in the airport with county councillors and their officials yesterday, Mr McCarthy said flights to Madrid were a great success and he expects flights from Zurich to carry an additional 8,000 passengers next year.