IAA: Irish Air Traffic Expands 3% in March

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) confirmed that total air traffic safely handled by the IAA increased by 3% (or 88,202 movements) in March 2017 compared to the same month in 2016. There was an increase of 5.6% in North Atlantic Communications flights (Europe /US Flights) to 38,768 during March 2017 in comparison to March 2016. Ireland’s overflight traffic movements (flights, which do not land in Ireland) saw a slight increase of 0.1%, to 26,720. In relation to international arrivals and departures, the commercial terminal traffic for Shannon, Dublin and Cork airports was up by 2.2% in March 2017, when compared