Upgrades for Cork and Shannon airports but no new terminals

New infrastructure including boarding gates, stands, and passenger handling facilities will be needed for Cork and Shannon but no new terminal capacity or runways, a report for the Government says.

Passenger numbers for Cork are projected to rise to as many as 4.6m a year and for Shannon to 3.8m by 2050, the review of the future capacity needs at Ireland’s State airports concludes. The review says these projections, as well an expected 61m passengers a year for Dublin airport, do take account of developments from Brexit or US protectionism.