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Airports getting busier but Dublin accounts for 96% of growth
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New figures published by the Oireachtas Library & Research Service have revealed that Kerry Airport has seen a 17% rise in passenger numbers since 2012.
335,480 people used the airport in 2017, an increase of roughly 10,000 on the previous 12 months. Despite the steady growth over the past five years, last year’s numbers are still 90,000 short of Kerry Airport’s busiest ever year; 430,000 travellers passed through Farranfore in 2008.
In total, 34.4 million passengers used Ireland’s five main airports. Unsurprisingly, Dublin handled the vast majority (85.5%) while passengers to and from Cork and Shannon accounted for 6.7 and 4.6% respectively. Knock ranked fourth (2.2%) while Kerry was the quietest (1%).
4 in 5 passengers to and from Kerry Airport travelled Ryanair with the remainder made up of Aer Lingus Regional travellers. Luton (111,713) and Stansted (77,693) were the main destinations and sources of arrivals with Frankfurt, Dublin and Alicante completing the top five.
Nationally there was an increase of 45.5% in passenger traffic since 2012 although, worryingly, 96.2% of this growth was at Dublin Airport.
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