Ryanair has come under scrutiny for imposing extra wheelchair charges. It is believed that Ryanair could be gaining as much as one million euro a year from the charge. All money from these charges should be passed on to the Dublin Airport Authority.
In July the DAA brought in a 33 cent fee for all departing [...]
The DAA (Dublin Airport Authority) has predicted a drop of between three and four percent in passenger numbers for the coming year at Cork Airport, Dublin Airport and Shannon Airport.
Passenger numbers at all three airports have dropped in the last three months. There was a big drop in numbers at Shannon Airport in 2008 due [...]
The DAA (Dublin Airport Authority) plans to save another twenty million euro in 2009 on top of the fifteen million which has already been scheduled to be cut. The cuts have been deemed necessary due to the projected decrease in passenger numbers in the next two years.
Vincent Wall of the DAA has yet to confirm [...]
Cork Airport had 3 million passengers go through its doors last year. Its still lags a long way behind Dublin Airport numbers (23 million), however traffic has increased considerably since 2006 mainly due to the introduction of low fare routes.
You can fly from Cork Airport to 17 different airports. Some routes such as Manchester even [...]
Rainfall in July was heavier than normal in Ireland leading to nationwide flooding. Cork was heavily affected with the highest recorded rainfall. It was officially the worst rainfall at Cork Airport since 1975.
Perhaps it was best to have spent July in the west with Shannon Airport having the hottest day of the month at 25.3 [...]