Cork Airport
Cork Airport
Cork Airport (Irish: Aerfort
Chorcaí, IATA: ORK, ICAO: EICK) is the second-largest of the three principal
international airports in the Republic of Ireland, after Dublin and ahead of
Shannon. It is located 6.5 km (4.0 mi) south of Cork city in an area known as
Farmers Cross. In 2018, Cork Airport
handled 2,392,821 passengers, a 3.7% annual increase. Cork is the state's second-busiest airport in
terms of passenger numbers, after Dublin, and fourth busiest on the island of
Ireland, after Dublin, Belfast International and Belfast City.
History
1957 to 1980
In 1957 the Government of Ireland
agreed in principle to the building of an airport for Cork. After considering
many sites in the area, it was agreed that the airport should be built at
Ballygarvan. Tenders were invited for the construction of the airport in 1959
at an estimated cost of £1 million. The airport was officially opened on 16
October 1961, following proving flights four days earlier by Aer Lingus and
Cambrian Airways. Vincent Fanning was the first manager at the airport. In its first year the airport handled 10,172
passengers – close to the average number of passengers handled each day at the
airport in 2007. Throughout the 1960s the airport expanded with the arrival of
more advanced aircraft and more destinations. The first jet, a British Overseas
Airways Corporation Comet, landed at Cork Airport on 29 March 1964. By 1969 Aer
Lingus was operating to London Heathrow, Manchester and Bristol.
In 1975 Aer Rianta, the then
state airports authority, undertook a passenger terminal study aimed at
improving the terminal facilities. The findings resulted in the provision, over
the next two years, of new departure and arrival halls, a new check-in area,
office complex, information desk, duty office and executive lounge. The new
extensions and facilities were opened in 1978.
In 2013, Cork Airport was placed
first for overall customer satisfaction in a global survey of passengers
carried out by Airports Council International. The survey measured customer
satisfaction across eight categories in 61 regional airports worldwide, with Cork
Airport scoring highest.
In 2014, the Airport met its
public sector obligation of a 33% reduction in energy costs, 6 years earlier
than their 2020 target, and were awarded first place in the public sector
category at the Sustainable Energy Awards 2014.
In 2016, Cork Airport won the
Corporate Campaign of the Year Prize at the EU Public Affairs Awards
(EuroPAwards) in Brussels, primarily for its efforts to secure a direct
transatlantic route.] Also in 2016, Cork Airport became the first Irish airport
to launch a no drone zone within 5 km of the airfield. The campaign was
launched following a number of incidents involving drones or aircraft on
approach or departure from aerodromes throughout Europe. Despite this campaign,
at least two drones encroached airspace during April 2017.
In June 2017, the airport was
named as 'Best Airport in Europe under 5 million passengers' at the 27th
Airports Council International (ACI) Europe General Assembly.
Operator
From its opening in 1961, the
airport was managed by the Department of Transport and Power, now the
Department of Transport. Aer Rianta took control of Cork and Shannon Airports
on 1 April 1969 and the assets of the airports were transferred to the company
under the Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act, 1998. The name of Aer
Rianta was changed to the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) under the State
Airports Act 2004, which also created the Cork Airport Authority and the
Shannon Airport Authority. These companies were charged with preparing a
business plan in preparation for taking over the assets of their airports from
the DAA.
Cork Airport is responsible for
the infrastructure which enables airlines and handling agents at the airport.
Some airlines provide their own aircraft ground handling services (such as Aer
Lingus and Ryanair), while other airlines contract services to third party
ground handlers (like Swissport and Weston Aviation)
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