Flights from Knock Airport

Flights > Ireland > Knock (NOC) Knock flights summary: Despite some budget airlines coming and going in recent years, cheap flights to Knock are still available from three London airports, as well as from Manchester.   Irish Domestic flights from Knock   Flights to Knock from the UK   Flights to Europe from Knock   Long Haul flights from Knock

 

Domestic flights (excluding Northern Ireland)

Internal flights are available from the airlines listed below:

Aer Arran offer regular links between Dublin and Knock, under a Passenger Service Obligation (PSO) subsidy arrangement. 

 

Flights from the UK

Flights are available from the airlines listed below:

Last year, competition for flights from London to Knock stepped up with Easyjet launching a new route from London Gatwick. Ryanair launched Gatwick to Knock flights in direct competition, but Knock now seems to have fallen foul of the latest gamesmanship between the two airlines, as both of them have pulled their Gatwick to Knock flights from their winter 2006 timetables. Although the airport have stated an intention to find an alternative airline to fill this gap, we think that the prospect of this happening is unlikely, as there are no other airlines at Gatwick who we would envisage either having suitable slots, or the right kind of aircraft, to operate this route profitably. Meanwhile, Ryanair will maintain their flights to Knock from Stansted and Luton, where there is less pressure on slots. For flights from UK regional airports to Knock, BMI Baby offer inbound routes from Birmingham, Manchester and Durham Tees Valley.

Destination Airport	Airlines	Flight Per Day	Book Now
Dublin	Aer Arann	Varies

Destination Airport	Airlines	Flight Per Day	Book Now
Birmingham  International	Bmibaby	Varies
Dublin	Aer Arann	Varies
East Midlands  Nottingham	Ryanair	Varies
Glasgow  International	Bmibaby	M T W T F S S 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
London  Gatwick	Excel	M T W T F S S 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
London  Luton	Ryanair	Varies
London  Stansted	Ryanair	Varies
Manchester	Bmibaby	Varies

 

European Routes

Although there are no regular scheduled flights to mainland Europe, connecting flights are available with Aer Arran via Dublin. Knock airport offers a reasonable range of charter flights to popular holiday destinations in the Iberian Peninsula, and also to ski resorts such as Salzburg and other holiday destinations including Split in Croatia and the Greek island of Crete.

 

Long Haul Routes

All flights - Note that a €10 Development Fee is payable by all departing passengers from Ireland West Airport Knock with the exception of children under the age of 12 years. This fee is levied locally by the airport, and is not included on any ticket prices.

Mini Guide to Knock

This is Ireland’s most visited town, the lasting legacy of events that took place here on August 21, 1879. On that evening, fifteen of the locals claimed to have witnessed the apparition of Mary, Joseph and St. John the Evangelist in the nearby Parish Church. It’s a remarkable story, whether one believes in such matters or not, with the eye-witnesses appearing in front of two commissions of enquiry (in 1879 and 1936) and having their claims ratified each time.

Ever since, Knock has become a destination for the devout, if maybe not quite to Catholicism what Mecca is to Islam, then certainly Ireland’s very own version of Lourdes. One and a half million visitors, many of them sick and in search of better health, make the pilgrimage each year, following the blessings of Pope John Paul II (in 1979) and Mother Teresa (in 1993). Focal points are the Marian Shrine, on the N17 route between Galway and Sligo, and the Basilica of Our Lady, Queen of Ireland, which - seating 20,000 people, more than most contemporary football stadiums - constitutes the largest church in all Ireland. A string of hostels and rest houses are also on hand to provide shelter for the staggering numbers of latter-day pilgrims passing through.

High season runs from the last Sunday in April to the second Sunday in October, though guided tours of the key sites are available at most times of the year. Also worth a visit, while you’re in this particular neck of the woods: the Knock Folk Museum, which charts local life before and after the spiritual turning point in the region’s fortunes, and has a special sidebar on Monsignor James Horan, the larger-than-life priest who established the town’s International Airport.

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Knock Flight News

• New BmiBaby flights from Birmingham and Glasgow - 08/11/2007
• New flights from Gatwick to Knock - 01/10/2007
• Ryanair launch major Bristol expansion - 24/05/2007

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Other flights and travel news stories:

• Heathrow MD resigns following T5 fiasco - 14/05/2008

Other useful Knock travel websites

• Knock Airport - Official Website

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