Approximately 60 Ryanair staff risk losing their jobs following the airline’s decision to close its Cork Airport base for the winter season. Including ground staff and cabin crew, Aer Lingus employs around 350 people at Cork and Shannon, more than half of that number at Cork Airport. Ryanair, which has had a base at Cork Airport since 2005, carried about 1.3m of those passengers last year. Ryanair’s winter base closure leaves Cork Airport with just five routes and with passenger traffic back to levels it had shortly after it opened in 1961. Fórsa, which represents many of the affected Ryanair staff, has called on the government to intervene to support the aviation industry.

Source: Irish Examiner October 15, 2020 12:48 UTC