£16 Cheap Flights to Douglas

If you’re planning to fly to the Douglas area, the most convenient option is to take a flight to Cork Airport. The airport lies around five miles southeast of Douglas, so you can expect to disembark your flight and start enjoying the town’s bustling shopping and food scene pretty much straight away.

Once you’ve arrived at the airport, just use the excellent road links to Douglas and travel straight there — it’s an easy journey that usually takes around 10 to 15 minutes.

Flights Serving Cork Airport and the Douglas Area

Cork Airport is one of Ireland’s three major international air gateways, and served by a wide variety of flights that operate from airports around the UK and mainland Europe. You can catch direct flights to Cork from UK hubs such as London Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, as well as Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham, Manchester and others. Or you can get a flight to Cork direct from European airports such as Malaga, Munich and Brussels.

Facilities at Cork Airport

Whether you’ve just landed on a flight or you’re due to fly out, you’ll find all the essentials you need at Cork Airport. Before and after security, there’s a good choice of restaurants and bars, including a food market and all-day dining.

Airside, meanwhile, you’ll find a range of shops so you can stock up with reading matter and other extras before boarding your flight. In addition, the terminal offers facilities that include Internet access, ATMs and exchange and car hire desks.

Getting to Douglas After Your Flight

When you arrive at Cork Airport, you can complete your journey to Douglas by bus, cab or car.

Once outside the terminal, you can head for the taxi rank situated outside the arrivals hall, or catch a Bus Éireann service into the centre of Cork, and from there, use the direct bus links to Douglas.

Alternatively, if you’ve arranged car hire through Expedia before your flight, you’ll be free to jump behind the wheel and make the drive yourself, following the N27 and the N40 to Douglas.

When to Book a Flight to Visit Douglas

Douglas is a great place to head, whatever the time of year. You’ll find a wealth of shops offering fashions, homewares and Irish handicrafts in both East and West Douglas, together with enough great food haunts to keep you happy all year round.

Of course, there’s also the permanent call of the countryside and coast. Whatever the weather, you can experience everything that County Cork has to offer, from spectacular cliff walks to the pretty villages of the nearby Owenabue Valley, family attractions such as Fota Wildlife Park, and from April to January, whale spotting boat trips from Cork Harbour.

Douglas is also a superb base for enjoying Cork’s festival scene, which runs through the year. Music fans will love the Cork International Choral Festival in May and the Cork Jazz Festival in October, while creative types will be drawn to the art events of June’s Cork Midsummer Festival and the Cork Film Festival every November.