Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 March 2022
96. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the detail of the new routes from Cork, Dublin, Shannon, Donegal, Kerry and Ireland West Knock airports introduced since restrictions on non-essential international travel were lifted in July 2021 [12144/22]
View answerSince the lifting of the restrictions on non-essential travel last July, we have welcomed the resumption of flights and the early signs of the restoration of connectivity from our airports.
As part of a €160 million funding package provided by Government to support the sector, €116 million was allocated to our airports under a Covid Supplementary Support Scheme to support the aviation sector’s recovery as European and international air transport resumed. This funding helped compensate our smaller regional airports for the damage caused by COVID -19 as well as providing our State airports with flexibility to roll out route incentives/charge rebates, in consultation with airlines, which has helped facilitate the recovery of connectivity.
Decisions on the operation of new routes from Irish Airports are made on a commercial basis by individual operators. My Department’s role in relation to air services includes granting authorisations to third country air operators seeking to carry out commercial services to and from Ireland. No such authorisations are required for European operators operating within the Single Aviation Market. Therefore, the information requested is not readily available in my Department. However, my Department is seeking this information from the relevant airports and will forward it to the Deputy as shortly.
|
Irish airport |
Destination |
Number of flights a week |
Airline |
Commencement date |
New/Restored route |
Notes |
|
Knock |
Edinburgh |
3 |
Ryanair |
03/09/2021 |
New |
|
|
Knock |
Manchester |
2 |
Ryanair |
05/09/2021 |
New |
|
|
Knock |
Birmingham |
2 |
Ryanair |
29/03/2022 |
New |
|
|
Knock |
London, Gatwick |
7 |
Aer Lingus |
13/03/2022 |
Resumed briefly in December/January. Resumes again 13 March 2022 |
|
|
Knock |
Bristol |
3 |
Ryanair |
Restored |
Resumed September 2021 |
|
|
Knock |
East Midlands |
3 |
Ryanair |
Restored |
Resumed September 2021 |
|
|
Knock |
Liverpool |
6 |
Ryanair |
Restored |
Resumed June 2021 |
|
|
Knock |
London, Luton |
9 |
Ryanair |
Restored |
Resumed June 2021 |
|
|
Knock |
London, Stansted |
20 |
Ryanair |
Restored |
Resumed June 2021 |
|
|
Knock |
Milan |
2 |
Ryanair |
Restored |
Resumed September 2021 |
|
|
Knock |
Malaga |
1 |
Ryanair |
Restored |
Resumed July 2021 |
|
|
Knock |
Alicante |
2 |
Ryanair |
Restored |
Resumed August 2021 |
|
|
Knock |
Faro |
3 |
Ryanair |
Restored |
Resumed September 2021 |
|
|
Knock |
Palma Majorca |
1 |
Ryanair |
Restored |
Resumed August 2021 |
|
|
Knock |
Barcelona, (Girona) |
2 |
Ryanair |
Restored |
Services resuming between March and June 2022 |
|
|
Knock |
Cologne |
2 |
Ryanair |
Restored |
Services resuming between March and June 2022 |
|
|
Shannon |
Boston |
7 |
Aer Lingus |
10/03/2022 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
New York |
7 |
Aer Lingus |
11/03/2022 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Newark |
7 |
United |
27/03/2022 |
Restored |
Summer season |
|
Shannon |
Heathrow |
21 |
Aer Lingus |
13/09/2021 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Stansted |
15 |
Ryanair |
01/06/2021 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Gatwick |
7 |
Ryanair |
04/06/2021 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Luton |
4 |
Ryanair |
07/10/2021 |
New |
Winter season |
|
Shannon |
Birmingham |
2 |
Ryanair |
01/11/2021 |
New |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Edinburgh |
3 |
Ryanair |
27/09/2021 |
New |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Manchester |
5 |
Ryanair |
18/06/2021 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Alicante |
2 |
Ryanair |
03/07/2021 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Barcelona Reus |
2 |
Ryanair |
01/06/2021 |
Restored |
Summer season |
|
Shannon |
Barcelona Girona |
2 |
Ryanair |
29/03/2022 |
New |
Summer season |
|
Shannon |
Budapest |
2 |
Ryanair |
03/11/2021 |
New |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Corfu |
2 |
Ryanair |
03/08/2021 |
New |
Summer season |
|
Shannon |
Faro |
3 |
Ryanair |
02/07/2021 |
Restored |
Summer season |
|
Shannon |
Fuerteventura |
1 |
Ryanair |
31/10/2021 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Kaunas |
2 |
Ryanair |
03/06/2021 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Krakow |
2 |
Ryanair |
04/06/2021 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Lanzarote |
2 |
Ryanair |
04/07/2021 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Las Palmas |
1 |
Ryanair |
07/08/2021 |
New |
Winter season |
|
Shannon |
Malaga |
2 |
Ryanair |
16/07/2021 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Malta |
2 |
Ryanair |
27/03/2022 |
New |
Summer season |
|
Shannon |
Marseilles |
2 |
Ryanair |
04/05/2022 |
New |
Summer season |
|
Shannon |
Palma |
3 |
Ryanair |
18/07/2021 |
Restored |
Summer season |
|
Shannon |
Tenerife |
1 |
Ryanair |
01/07/2021 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Turin |
1 |
Ryanair |
18/12/2021 |
New |
Winter season |
|
Shannon |
Warsaw |
2 |
Ryanair |
02/06/2021 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Shannon |
Wroclaw |
2 |
Ryanair |
04/06/2021 |
Restored |
Year round |
|
Cork |
Paris, France |
5 |
Air France |
27/03/2022 |
Restored |
Air France in to Charles de Gaulle |
|
Cork |
Paris, France |
3 |
Vueling |
Operating |
New |
Vueling in to Orly |
|
Cork |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
23 |
KLM, Aer Lingus |
Operating |
Restored |
KLM - 14, EI - 9 |
|
Cork |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1 |
Swiss |
Operating |
New |
Winter only |
|
Cork |
Zurich, Switzerland |
2 |
Swiss |
15/04/2022 |
Restored |
|
|
Cork |
Frankfurt, Germany |
3 |
Lufthansa |
13/05/2022 |
New |
|
|
Cork |
London, UK |
61 |
Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
Operating |
Restored |
LHR - 28, STN - 21, LTN - 5, LGW - 7 |
|
Cork |
Faro, Portugal |
10 |
Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
27/03/2022 |
Restored |
Ryanair - 7, Aer Lingus - 10 |
|
Cork |
Malaga, Spain |
11 |
Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
Operating |
Restored |
Ryanair - 6, Aer Lingus - 5 |
|
Cork |
Dubrovnik, Croatia |
2 |
Aer Lingus |
04/05/2022 |
Restored |
|
|
Cork |
Lanzarote, Spain |
8 |
Aer Lingus, Ryanair, TUI (22/05/2022) |
Operating |
Restored |
Aer Lingus - 3, Ryanair - 4, TUI - 1 |
|
Cork |
Palma de Mallora, Spain |
8 |
Ryanair, Aer Lingus (02/05/2022), TUI (07/05/2022) |
27/03/2022 |
Restored |
Ryanair - 4, Aer Lingus - 3, TUI - 1 |
|
Cork |
Tenerife, Spain |
2 |
Ryanair |
Operating |
Restored |
|
|
Cork |
Munich, Germany |
1 |
Aer Lingus |
Operating |
Restored |
Winter only |
|
Cork |
Alicante, Spain |
3 |
Ryanair |
Operating |
Restored |
|
|
Cork |
Ponzan, Poland |
2 |
Ryanair |
Operating |
Restored |
|
|
Cork |
Birmingham, UK |
3 |
Ryanair |
Operating |
Restored |
*switch of carrier from Stobart to Ryanair |
|
Cork |
Bordeaux, France |
3 |
Ryanair |
27/03/2022 |
Restored |
|
|
Cork |
Carcassonne, France |
2 |
Ryanair |
28/03/2022 |
Restored |
|
|
Cork |
Edinburgh, UK |
12 |
Ryanair |
Operating |
Restored |
*switch of carrier from Stobart to Ryanair |
|
Cork |
Gdansk, Poland |
2 |
Ryanair |
Operating |
Restored |
|
|
Cork |
Girona, Spain |
3 |
Ryanair |
28/03/2022 |
Restored |
|
|
Cork |
Liverpool, UK |
5 |
Ryanair |
Operating |
Restored |
*switch of carrier from Stobart to Ryanair |
|
Cork |
Milan, Italy |
3 |
Ryanair |
27/03/2022 |
Restored |
|
|
Cork |
Manchester, UK |
14 |
Ryanair |
Operating |
Restored |
*switch of carrier from Stobart to Ryanair |
|
Cork |
Reus-Barcelona, Spain |
6 |
Ryanair |
28/03/2022 |
Restored |
|
|
Cork |
Venice, Italy |
2 |
Ryanair |
27/03/2022 |
New |
|
|
Cork |
Gran Canaria, Spain |
1 |
Ryanair |
27/03/2022 |
Restored |
|
|
Cork |
Pisa, Italy |
2 |
Ryanair |
03/06/2022 |
New |
|
|
Cork |
Valencia, Spain |
2 |
Ryanair |
02/06/2022 |
New |
|
|
Cork |
Alghero, Italy |
2 |
Ryanair |
01/06/2022 |
New |
|
|
Cork |
Salzburg, Austria |
1 |
Aer Lingus |
Operating |
Restored |
Winter only |
|
Dublin |
London - Luton |
16 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Leeds Bradford |
8 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Venice - Treviso |
4 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
East Midlands |
3 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Kerry County |
2 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Memmingen - Allgau |
5 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Nice - Cote D'Azur |
3 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Santander |
2 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Marrakech |
2 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Carcassonne |
7 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Pisa |
4 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Goteborg - Landvetter |
5 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Gerona |
3 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Verona - Villafranca |
2 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Almeria |
5 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Biarritz - Bayonne - Anglet |
7 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Corfu / Kerkira |
3 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Marseille - Provence |
3 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Santorini / Thira |
6 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Thessaloniki |
5 |
Ryanair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Barcelona |
7 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Lisbon |
5 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Madrid |
1 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Tenerife South |
5 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Berlin Brandenburg |
7 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Lyon - Satolas |
6 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Gran Canaria |
4 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Milan - Linate |
7 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Bilbao |
3 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Venice - Marco Polo |
3 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Budapest |
1 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Vienna |
1 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Verona - Villafranca |
1 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Alicante |
6 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Athens Venezelos |
5 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Bordeaux - Merignac |
1 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Bourgas |
5 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Corfu / Kerkira |
1 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Dubrovnik |
6 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Naples |
3 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Nice - Cote D'Azur |
7 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Palma |
8 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Rhodos Diagoras |
1 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Santiago De Composte |
3 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Santorini / Thira |
1 |
Aer Lingus |
Jul-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Chicago - O'Hare |
7 |
United Airlines |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Chicago - O'Hare |
15 |
American Airlines |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Luxembourg |
5 |
Luxair |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Southampton |
3 |
Eastern Airways |
Jul-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Donegal |
6 |
Amapola Flyg Ab |
Jul-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Warsaw - Chopin |
4 |
LOT |
Jul-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Hamburg |
9 |
Ryanair |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Eindhoven |
5 |
Ryanair |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Nantes Atlantique |
7 |
Ryanair |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Bordeaux - Merignac |
7 |
Ryanair |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
La Rochelle |
5 |
Ryanair |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Rhodos Diagoras |
5 |
Ryanair |
Aug-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
London - Gatwick |
13 |
Aer Lingus |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Munich |
8 |
Aer Lingus |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Washington - Dulles |
5 |
Aer Lingus |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Brussels |
9 |
Aer Lingus |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Dusseldorf |
5 |
Aer Lingus |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Hamburg |
3 |
Aer Lingus |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Bristol |
10 |
Aer Lingus |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Toulouse |
5 |
Aer Lingus |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
New York - JFK |
5 |
Delta Air Lines |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Copenhagen |
5 |
SAS |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Keflavik |
2 |
Icelandair |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Toronto - Pearson |
9 |
Air Canada |
Aug-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Brussels - Charleroi |
4 |
Ryanair |
Sep-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Toulouse |
5 |
Ryanair |
Sep-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Billund |
4 |
Ryanair |
Sep-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Lourdes / Tarbes |
4 |
Ryanair |
Sep-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Dalaman - Mulga |
4 |
Ryanair |
Sep-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Menorca-Mahon |
4 |
Ryanair |
Sep-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Toronto - Pearson |
3 |
Aer Lingus |
Sep-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
London City |
29 |
British Airways |
Sep-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Oslo - Gardermoen |
2 |
SAS |
Sep-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Paris - Orly |
3 |
Transavia |
Sep-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Iasi |
3 |
Hisky Europe Srl |
Sep-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Cluj Napoca |
1 |
Hisky Europe Srl |
Sep-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Chisinau |
2 |
Hisky Europe Srl |
Sep-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Copenhagen |
4 |
Norwegian |
Sep-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Dusseldorf |
4 |
Eurowings |
Sep-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Aberdeen |
9 |
Loganair |
Sep-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Izmir |
1 |
Sunexpress |
Sep-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Cardiff |
9 |
Ryanair |
Oct-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Luxembourg |
9 |
Ryanair |
Oct-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Kosice Barca |
4 |
Ryanair |
Oct-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Bournemouth |
4 |
Ryanair |
Oct-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Agadir |
4 |
Ryanair |
Oct-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Geneva |
9 |
Aer Lingus |
Oct-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Prague |
6 |
Aer Lingus |
Oct-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Oslo - Gardermoen |
4 |
Norwegian |
Oct-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Turin |
5 |
Ryanair |
Nov-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Sibiu |
5 |
Ryanair |
Nov-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Newark |
5 |
Aer Lingus |
Nov-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Orlando International |
1 |
Aer Lingus |
Nov-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Zurich |
10 |
Aer Lingus |
Nov-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Frankfurt |
17 |
Aer Lingus |
Nov-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Fuerteventura |
2 |
Aer Lingus |
Nov-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Paris - Orly |
14 |
Vueling |
Nov-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Salzburg |
2 |
Ryanair |
Dec-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Plovdiv |
2 |
Ryanair |
Dec-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Grenoble |
1 |
Ryanair |
Dec-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
San Francisco International |
6 |
Aer Lingus |
Dec-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Warsaw - Chopin |
3 |
Aer Lingus |
Dec-21 |
Restored |
|
|
Dublin |
Iasi |
2 |
Blue Air |
Dec-21 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Zagreb |
8 |
Ryanair |
Feb-22 |
New |
|
|
Dublin |
Washington - Dulles |
4 |
United Airlines |
Feb-22 |
Restored |
|
|
Kerry |
London Stansted |
4 |
Ryanair |
01.08.2021 |
Restored |
|
|
Kerry |
London Luton |
5 |
Ryanair |
01.08.2021 |
Restored |
|
|
Kerry |
Faro |
2 |
Ryanair |
01.08.2021 |
Restored |
|
|
Kerry |
Alicante |
2 |
Ryanair |
01.08.2021 |
Restored |
|
|
Kerry |
Manchester |
2 |
Ryanair |
01.08.2021 |
Restored |
