Cork International Airport, ORK

Cork International Airport – Cork, Ireland (IATA: ORK, ICAO: EICK) or Aerfort Chorcaí in Irish. The airport is one of the three principal international airports in Ireland (Cork, Dublin and Shannon). It is located on the south side of Cork City in an area known as Ballygarvan. A growing number of destinations are available from Cork Airport in Europe, United Kingdom and Domestic. The Polish sector has become particularly busy. In 2006, Cork Airport handled over 3 million passengers , making it the Republic of Ireland's third busiest airport. (Cork Remains second busiest with regards movements). Aer Lingus base four aircraft at the airport making it an important European hub, and the airport is Aer Arann's busiest base.

Airport Facilities

The Irish Aviation Authority has recently applied for planning permission to build a new control tower at Cork Airport located opposite the airport terminal, north-west of runway 17/35 separate from other airport buildings. The development will also consist of offices and Car parking spaces that will be utilized by airport staff. The tower will be positioned.

The airport also consists of Ireland's only 21st Century airport. (See Above)

At current, Cork Airport is in possession of a state of the art fire station, which concludes that the staff can respond to any emergency rapidly.

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled Passenger Airlines & Destinations

Aer Arann (Belfast-City, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Galway, Jersey, Leeds-Bradford, Lorient, Nantes, Southampton)
Aer Lingus (Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin-Schönefeld, Birmingham, Faro, London-Heathrow, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester, Nice, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rome-Fiumicino, Warsaw)
Air Southwest (Newquay [Starts May 2007])
bmi
bmibaby (Birmingham, Manchester)
Centralwings (Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw)
Jet2.com (Newcastle)
Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
Ryanair (Dublin, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted)
Wizz Air (Gdańsk, Katowice)

Scheduled Charter Airlines & Destinations

Air Europa (Las Palmas, Palma)
Air Via (Bourgas)
Astraeus (Lanzarote)
Austrian Airlines (Innsbruck, Salzburg)
Dubrovnik Airline (Dubrovnik, Split)
Eurocypria (Herakalion)
First Choice Airways (Palma)
Flightline (Almeria, Faro)
Futura (Bourgas, Corfu, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Malaga, Palma, Reus, Tenerife-South)
Hemus Air (Bourgas)
Iberworld (Faro, Malaga, Palma, Reus)
LTE International Airways (Fuertuventura, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Verona)
Monarch (Faro)
Nouvelair (Monastir)
Onur Air (Bodrum, Izmir)
Pegasus (Bodrum)
Spanair (Palma)
XL Airways (Lanzarote)
(Details correct as per 2007 Summer Schedule)

Scheduled Freight Airlines

Bluebird Cargo (Cologne-Bonn, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Keflavik)
DHL (East Midlands) Operated by Atlantic Express
TNT (Dublin, Liege-Bierset, Shannon)

Summary

Cork International Airport (ORK/EICK)
Tel: +353 (0)21 431 3131,
Fax: +353 (0)21 431 3442, +353 (0)21 431 3391,
e-mail: john.smyth@aer-rianta.ie
website: http://www.corkairport.com/index.asp