Second successive month of passenger growth at Shannon

Summer passenger figures improved again last month at Shannon when the airport achieved growth for the second successive month, with a 9.4% overall increase in passenger numbers compared with the same month last year.

Overall passenger numbers for July were 173,558, up from 158,603 in the same month last year. The increase built on the 8% hike in month-on-month passenger numbers for June, the first time in five years that the airport experienced growth.

Like June, the growth was most telling in the transatlantic market, with overall passenger throughput arising from the airport’s five US and one Canadian services increasing from 38,781 in Jul 2012 to 54,014 last month, a 39% increase.