The drop in commercial terminal movements for the three State airports between 2005 and 2010 can be analysed as follows;
Commercial terminal traffic at Dublin at 153,101 movements in 2010 is down by 9.4% on 2009 and 11.6% on 2005.
Commercial terminal traffic at Shannon airport at 18,771 movements in 2010 is down by 32.2% on 2009 and 45% on 2005.
Commercial terminal traffic at Cork at 23,626 movements in 2010 is down by 9% on 2009 and 31% on 2005.