Shannon passenger numbers increase

Passenger numbers at Shannon rose by 15% in the first half of the year with European business showing a 54% increase.

Results published by the Shannon Airport Authority yesterday show the bulk of the increase has been driven by the nine new services — to Munich, Paris, Faro, Warsaw, Krakow, Nice, Poitiers, Berlin, and Fuerteventura — launched by Ryanair in April.

Overall, passenger numbers in the period were 653,894, up from 568,133 in the same period last year.