Iwak - I didn't see the passengers coming off the inbound flight as I was clearing security at the time.
Very good news on the April figures, should be a record breaking summer.
Flight numbers in and out of Ireland West Airport have exceeded expectations recently. Initial estimations for the month of April suggest more than 55,000 passengers are expected to have passed through the airport during the four week period, which is close to a new record.
For comparative purposes:
April 2008 49,000
April 2009 47,550
April 2010 38,767
55,000 would have been a May/June figure rather than an April one in recent years and would represent a 42% rise on last year's volcano disrupted April.