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 July 2022 was almost five times higher than in July 2021, but only 89% of the level seen in the same month in 2019 (before COVID-19). There were 3,593,850 passengers handled by the five main airports in July 2022 compared with 4,040,594 for the same month in 2019.
(Note: Knock airport was closed from April to June 2020 and from February to May 2021. Cork Airport was closed in October 2021.)
More detailed statistics can be found under “Data”.
| Dublin | Cork | Shannon | Knock | |
| Percentage change | -12 | -11 | -17 | -13 |
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