Big drop in traffic numbers for Ireland during May, with Dublin taking a big hit:
There was an average of 1,537 flights per day during May 2012.
Individually, the May 2012 figures for commercial terminal flights at the three State airports when compared to the same month in 2011 are:
- Dublin down by 1.1 per cent, with an average of 457 commercial movements per day.
- Cork down 0.9 per cent, with an average of 64 commercial movements per day.
- Shannon down 1.6 per cent, with an average of 57 commercial movements per day.
When compared to the same month in the peak traffic year of 2008, the commercial terminal flight figures for the three State airports are:
- Dublin down 20 per cent
- Cork down 38.3 per cent
- Shannon down 41.4 per cent
The Sunday Business Post