A total of 308,000 passengers flew to and from Cork Airport during August as the busy holiday season continued. New figures published on Wednesday by daa, the operator of Cork Airport, show that the number of passengers travelling in August 2023 was 12% ahead of August 2022 making it the busiest August for passenger traffic since August 2008.
30% more passengers have flown to and from Cork Airport so far this year than the first eight months of last year. Passenger numbers in the eight months to August totalled 1.9 million with nearly half of those (890,000) travelling during the busy summer months of June, July and August.
Tuesday, August 8 was the busiest day of the month and was also the busiest day of the year thus far, with nearly 13,000 passengers flying that day.
The top 10 most popular destinations for departing passengers from the airport this summer (June, July and August combined) were, in order: London Heathrow, London Stansted, Amsterdam Schiphol, Manchester, Faro, Malaga, Edinburgh, London Gatwick, Birmingham and Barcelona Reus.
DUBLIN
Meanwhile, just over 3.4 million passengers travelled through Dublin Airport during August, representing a 12% increase on August 2022. The August total included around 200,000 transfer passengers.
Around 12% more passengers have passed through Dublin Airport so far this year than the first eight months of last year, with passenger numbers in the eight months to August totalling 22 million, with almost half of those (10.1 million) travelling during the busy summer months of June, July and August.
