The 7% can be attributed to the fact that Wizzair and Ryanair were head to head on several routes last year.
Furthermore Aerlingus has less flights this year and chose not to operate any extra flights for Christmas.
Looking ahead to 2014 there are grounds for some optimism but there are also lots of hidden cuts to schedules particularly in the 1st Half of the year.
As of now it's difficult to see where any growth is going to come from in Q1 and Q2.