SHANNON AIRPORT is to welcome over 53,000 passengers this May Bank Holiday.
Representing an 18 percent increase on figures for 2024, the rise in passengers marks a strong start to the summer season as thousands of holidaymakers get set to take advantage of the long weekend to jet off to destinations across Europe, the UK and U.S.
Passengers will travel to popular destinations including the new sun-soaked island of Madeira, much loved Lanzarote and cosmopolitan short hop cities such as Naples, Palma and Porto.
Niall Kearns, Airport Director at Shannon Airport said, “All the team are looking forward to making it easy for those travelling this week, and to ensuring that our passengers’ holidays start here at Shannon Airport. With easy access from our car parks, fast movement through security, great duty-free shopping, our popular bar and restaurants as well as a very friendly welcome, customers can expect a hassle-free airport experience”.
This summer, Shannon Airport is operating 36 routes to eleven countries, with over 1.8 million seats available for passengers. Shannon also serves as the gateway for arriving tourists beginning their journey through Ireland in County Clare, Ireland’s first countywide certified sustainable tourism destination.
“It’s fantastic to see another vibrant bank holiday period following such an exceptionally busy Easter. We’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all our customers for choosing to fly Shannon Airport,” Niall added.
Passengers are encouraged to pre-book their car parking online for the busy May bank holiday, and summer travel, as soon as possible.
Cork Airport are forecasting 62,500 passengers this weekend which is a 20 percent increase on the same time for 2024. Additional summer services kicking off at Cork include Aer Lingus resuming its twice-weekly service to Dubrovnik; Ryanair’s return of its twice-weekly flights to Sardinia and the start of TUI’s new service to Corfu and Aer Lingus’ new Cork to Bordeaux route.
Meanwhile, An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD (FF) will visit Cork Airport this Friday to launch the airport’s €200 Capital Development Plan. The new capital development plan, which charts the course for Cork Airport’s future growth and expansion, will be the most significant and largest investment by daa in the airport in over 20 years.
