Irish airspace handles 1m flights in 2015, but Cork and Shannon suffer

Irish airports and airspace will handle over one million flights by the end of this year — but Cork and Shannon airports have both suffered significant drops in traffic.

A report by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) shows there was a total of 191,776 flights through Dublin airport — a 10% increase on the figure for 2014. The airport is now back at 2008 levels in terms of flights.

However, the news for Cork and Shannon airports was not as good. The report found that just 18,619 flights passed through Shannon airport — a fall of 13% on the 2014 figure. Cork airport suffered a 9.1% drop in flights with 18,057 flights through the airport this year.