If you’re packing your bags for a break from down South, you’ll be excited to know that Cork Airport is set to add new routes by Summer 2016. Two new route announcements were made by CityJey and Aer Lingus, seeing European destinations take the lead on holiday hotspots. CityJet plans to launch two new routes to La Rochelle and Nantes in France, operating twice weekly, while Cork–Nantes will be a weekly service each Sunday from 18^th June 2016. Aer Lingus will also include extra capacity on its flight schedules to Paris, Barcelona, Palma and Faro. Cork Airport welcomed the news, which will see an additional 2,300 available seats each week for travellers through The announcements by both airlines will see more than 2,300 additional seats each week from Cork Airport for the 2016 summer months. Speaking about the announcement, Head of Communications Niall MacCarthy said: “These are very exciting times for Cork Airport and we are delighted to be in a position to announce a series of new routes and additional options for some summer favourites. We are in a very good position to grow over the coming months and years but the important thing now is for passengers from Cork and surrounding counties to support the new routes. Only with this support will we be able to continue to offer the best connectivity of any airport outside of Dublin.”