Ireland had smallest air passenger growth in EU last year

In total, 1.04bn passengers travelled by air throughout the EU in 2019, compared to just 373m in 2021

 

Ireland had the smallest growth in air passengers out of all EU countries last year, figures from the statistics agency, Eurostat have revealed.

Compared with the previous year, Ireland had an increase of just 10% in air passenger traffic, increasing from 8.27m people in 2020 to just under 9.1m in 2021.