Paying tribute to the management, he said the airport was on schedule to reopen in just over a month’s time. “They are spending a huge amount of money and resources on effectively rebuilding the runway, and they are on schedule to reopen on November 22nd,” he said.
He explained that Cork Airport’s only jet-capable runway was built in 1961 and was originally 1,883m in length but was extended by a further 300m in 1989. Since then it has only undergone significant investment in 1999 when an overlay was put on the original runway. He said the reconstruction of the main runway was originally scheduled to be undertaken over nine months in late 2022 and early 2023 but, with passenger numbers down 97 per cent at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, it made good business sense to fast track the project while the airport was quiet.
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