Traffic at Cork Airport is up 25 per cent on last March.

A total of 2.9 million passengers travelled to and from Ireland’s two busiest airports during the month,  according to figures released today by the airport operator, daa.

St. Patrick’s Day and the start of the Easter school holidays played a role in the strong passenger numbers. Tens of thousands flew into Cork Airport to celebrate the festivities and to explore all the scenic south of Ireland has to offer.

Easter was earlier this year, resulting in thousands heading off on well-deserved Easter breaks and short holidays too.

“Cork Airport had another fantastic month, with passenger numbers up 25% on March last year,” said daa CEO, Kenny Jacobs.

“A very extensive summer schedule has just started at Cork Airport, with a new Ryanair service to Brussels starting last weekend.

“Other new Ryanair services to Rhodes and Zadar will take off in June and Air France will add additional capacity on their key hub connections to Paris Charles de Gaulle for July and August.”