Cork Airport lags behind as air traffic levels grow

Air traffic through debt-saddled Cork Airport nose-dived last month despite strong growth nationally.

The Irish Aviation Authority hailed an almost 5% increase in overall Irish air traffic last month compared to the same period last year.

However, a comparison of the three state airports shows Cork bucked the trend with a 16.3% slump in commercial traffic (1,246 movements) compared to January 2014, with Dublin Airport up just over 7% to 13,149 and Shannon up 6.4% to 1,253.