Region urged to support Kerry Airport

People in the south-west have been urged to give more support to Kerry Airport where passenger numbers dropped last year by 4% to 295,251.

Airport board chairman Denis Cregan said the airport was actively seeking new routes to the UK and Germany with current partners Ryanair and potential new airlines, but also needed to increase passenger loading on existing routes.

Replying to shareholders’ questions at his board’s AGM in Tralee yesterday, he said Ryanair wanted an 83% loading. The loading on the Kerry/Luton route was 78%, while the Dublin route was 61%.