Take Off for Sun Seekers This Summer

By Georgie Downes

Good news for Chamber member Kerry Airport and great news for anyone looking to soak up some summer sun. Ryanair have announced additional flights to Alicante from Farranfore beginning March 27. Now holiday-goers can jet off to the gorgeous Spanish resort on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays up until the end of October. Flights to Faro in Portugal’s Algarve are also set to return twice weekly departing Wednesdays and Sundays from March 28. The Kerry-Manchester route will also have an extra day, operating Mondays,

Wednesdays and Fridays from 26th March onwards. 2022 was a bumper year for Kerry Airport with a 309 per cent increase on 2021. Overall, 356,141 passengers travelled through Kerry Airport last year. CEO John Mulhern couldn’t be happier about the new schedule announcement. “Recovery is well under way and it is our intention to grow those passenger numbers in the near to medium term.” He went on to thank his “remarkable team” who, he said, “have laboured with such great determination these past few years and are