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Traffic count data in December 2022 remained slightly below 2019 figures

CSO statistical publication, , 11am

Aviation passenger numbers not yet back to 2019 levels

Source: Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock, and Kerry airports.

COVID-19 restrictions led to a sharp fall in passengers handled by Irish airports.

The number of passengers in Dublin airport in December 2022 was almost twice that of December 2021 numbers, but 95% of the level seen in the same month in 2019 (pre-COVID-19). There were 2,520,293 passengers handled by the Dublin, Cork, Knock, and Shannon airports in December 2022 compared with 2,571,290 for the same month in 2019.  The number of passengers passing through Dublin airport in the entire year of 2022 was more than three times that of 2021 but still 15% lower than the 2019 value.

(Note: Knock airport was closed from April to June 2020 and from February to May 2021. Cork Airport was closed in October 2021. Data for Kerry not available at time of publication.)

Table 4.1 Number of passengers handled by main airports, December 2019 to December 2022
DublinCorkShannonKnock
Percentage change-15-14-12-12

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