Aviation Data
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 May 2022 was more than 17 times higher than in May 2021, but only 87% of the level seen in the same month in 2019 (before COVID-19). There were 2,582,822 passengers in May 2022 compared with 2,965,517 for the same month in 2019. See Table 4.1 and Figure 4.1.
(Note: Knock airport was closed from April to June 2020 and from February to May 2021. Cork Airport was closed in October 2021. Kerry data for May 2022 was not available at the time of publication.)
| Dublin | Cork | Shannon | Knock | |
| Percentage change | -13 | -15 | -16 | -15 |
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