14/03/2014

New Services Boost Irish Terminal Air Traffic

New airline services at Dublin and Shannon are set to boost Irish terminal air traffic.

In particular, Dublin traffic will be boosted by a number of additional routes to Canada. In April, Aer Lingus will begin non-stop flights between Dublin and Toronto, seven times per week with a Boeing 757 aircraft. WestJet will also start daily service on 15 June with Boeing 737-700 from St. John's to Dublin, with connecting services from several other Canadian destinations.

Shannon air traffic is likewise set to see continuing increases, with Ryanair announcing a number of new routes for the summer, including Berlin, Paris, Fuerteventura, Warsaw, Faro, Munich, Nice and Krakow.

The news is against a backdrop of already promising terminal air traffic figures, with total traffic increasing at State airports by 6.2% in February 2014, when compared to February 2013.

Individually, the February 2014 figures for the three State airports, when compared to the same month in the previous year are:

• Commercial terminal flights at Dublin up 7.2% with an average of 404 daily movements.

• Commercial terminal flights at Cork down 5.3%, with an average of 46 daily movements.

• Commercial terminal flights at Shannon up by 10.9% with an average of 40 daily movements.

On a cumulative basis, commercial terminal traffic for Shannon, Dublin and Cork airports for the period January – February 2014, was up by 6.4% when compared to the same period in 2013.

Statistics for the IAA’s North Atlantic Communications services saw an increase of 2.89% in February 2014, when compared to February 2013.

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