Number of passengers travelling through Irish airports up 5% annually

More than 31.8m passengers passed through the main Irish airports in the first nine months of 2024, which was 1.7 million more passengers than in the same period last year

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Some 12.4m passengers passed through the five main Irish airports in the three months from July to September, an increase of 5% on the same period in 2023.

New figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Monday revealed that more than 31.8m passengers passed through the main Irish airports in the first nine months of 2024, which was 1.7m more passengers than in the first nine months of 2023.