Ryanair chief urges Government to extend airline supports

Eddie Wilson made the plea as he announced the reopening of Ryanair's Cork base

Twenty routes out of Cork Airport were announced by Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson. Picture: Dan Linehan

The CEO of Ryanair has urged the Government to extend airline supports at Dublin Airport beyond next summer as he announced the reopening of the airline's Cork base and the restoration of routes to pre-pandemic levels.

Eddie Wilson was speaking in Cork Airport yesterday as he confirmed that Ryanair's base, which closed last October, will reopen with two aircraft from December 1, serving 12 routes for the winter season including Alicante, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Gdańsk, Lanzarote, Liverpool, London Gatwick, Luton, and Stansted, Malaga, Poznan, and Tenerife.