Airport passengers down 92%

According to new data published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the number of people handled by Ireland's five main airports decreased by 92.9% year-on-year to 419,00dublinairport04210 in the first quarter of 2021.

The number of people handled by Ireland's five main airports was also down by 94.4% compared with Q1 2019.  Ireland's five main airports are Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock and Kerry airports.

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According to the new CSO data, Dublin Airport accounted for 96.7% of all air passengers handled by Ireland's five main airports during the first quarter of this year.

The  data shows that a little more than 9,000 flights were handled by Ireland's five main airports in the first quarter of 2021, with Dublin accounting for 88.3% of all flights (7,949) and Shannon accounting for 6.1% of all flights (545).
 
The most popular routes for people who travelled through Dublin Airport in the first quarter of 2021 were Amsterdam-Schiphol, London-Heathrow and Paris-Charles de Gaulle, according to the CSO data.

​REF: hospitalityenews.ie