Travel figures take off due to low-cost flights

HOLIDAYMAKERS and business travellers spent a record €1.3 billion on foreign travel in just three months this year thanks to the growing popularity of low-cost flights.

Between April and June, Irish holidaymakers and business travellers made 2,048,000 trips abroad, spending the biggest amount in any three-month period since records began.

Yesterday, the Irish Travel Agents’ Association (ITAA) said the rise in overseas trips was being fuelled by the growing availability of low-cost flights.