Ryanair to Start Flights Between Cork and East Midlands Airport

As part of its busiest summer schedule from the Irish airport, Ryanair will begin flying between Cork and East Midlands airport.

One of Cork’s five new routes, with three flights per week beginning in April 2023, is to the East Midlands.

The Irish no-frills airline intends to fly up to 270 flights each week on 29 routes, with greater frequencies to places like Liverpool.

With three aircraft headquartered at the airport and more than 1.4 million tickets available, the enhanced schedule represents a 20% capacity increase over this summer.

La Rochelle, Rome, Seville, and Venice Treviso are a few additional recent destinations from Cork.

Cork Airport’s “long-term commitment to maintain affordable airport charges, offering the cost certainty for airlines to invest and grow in the region, has served as the driving force behind the expansion,” according to Ryanair.

Added the airline in a statement: “Regional development must be underpinned by competitive costs, which has ensured that Cork has secured airline capacity that could have easily gone elsewhere in Europe.”

Chief executive Eddie Wilson said: “Ryanair’s commitment to growing traffic and increasing connectivity to Cork means it will become the first Irish state airport to fully restore pre-pandemic traffic levels. 

“The further 20% growth Ryanair will deliver to Cork next summer is fantastic news for Ryanair customers in the south-west and is a direct result of Cork’s long-term commitment to maintain competitive airport charges, which provide the cost certainty required for Ryanair to invest and grow in the region and continue to drive economic growth, jobs, and much-needed inbound tourism.”