Summer starts here.

Almost 50,000 passengers are expected to fly to and from Cork Airport this Easter Bank Holiday, with Good Friday, March 29th expected to be the busiest day of the weekend.

The bank holiday coincides with the start of the busy 2024 Summer Schedule, which starts this Sunday, March 31st.

Across the extended Easter break, over 130,000 passengers are expected to fly to and from Cork Airport as families take the opportunity to escape the dull weather and hit the beaches in Spain, Portugal, and Italy, while thousands more jet off on UK and European city breaks.

City breaks from Cork to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Seville, Rome, and Paris remain immensely popular at this time of year.

Over the coming days, flights to Alghero (Sardinia), Bordeaux, Frankfurt, Girona, Milan Bergamo, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Pisa, Reus, and Zurich will recommence.

Ryanair will operate its flights to Venice throughout the summer and next week will switch from Venice Treviso to Venice Marco Polo Airport.

Passengers intending on flying from Cork Airport this coming weekend are advised to arrive 90 minutes before the scheduled departure time of their flight.