This is a 12% increase on the previous year.
Thousands of passengers continued to travel to holiday destinations last month, while fans travelling to the Rugby World Cup in France also helped generate increased passenger numbers out of Cork.
daa says it continues to see good growth opportunities for Cork Airport with scope to grow to 5 million passengers per year in the coming years.
Cork Airport welcomed 1.3 million passengers in the first half of 2023 and is expected to have its busiest year ever for international traffic of 2.7 million passengers.
Communications Manager Barry Holland says they're expecting a busy winter
260,000 passengers flew to and from @corkairport in September 2023 🛫
— Cork Airport (@CorkAirport) October 4, 2023
September 2023 statistics:
🧍♂️🧍♀️ 260,000 passengers
📈 12% up on Sept. 2022
🛫 Busiest day: Friday, Sept. 22
👮🏼 99% through security in < 20 mins
🧳 Average bag return time: 11 mins#LoveTakingOff pic.twitter.com/70OIfVXQ6V
