Ireland's airports 'significantly underperformed' on passenger growth

Airports Council International report says total passenger growth at Irish airports was 1.5%, far below the EU average of 6%

Passenger traffic through Irish airports grew by 1.5% in January compared to last year. This is well below the EU average increase of 6%. 

Ireland’s airports “significantly underperformed” the industry’s average passenger growth during January with the Dublin Airport cap expected to “hamper traffic gains”, an international airport body has said.

According to the Airports Council International, passenger traffic across Europe increased by 6.9% during January compared to the same period last year with the EU market growing at 6%.