Irish flights jump 13% in March

Figures released by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) indicate that the amount of traffic safely handled by air traffic control climbed 12.8% in March to 85,672 flights, compared to 75,925 during the same month in 2015. This was largely spurred on by a 16.5% increase in Ireland’s overflight traffic movements (flights, which do not land in Ireland) as well as an 11.9% increase in North Atlantic Communications flights (Europe /US Flights). There were 26,699 overflight traffic movements and 36,697 North Atlantic Communications flights during March 2016. At the same time, total commercial traffic using Ireland’s three main airports increased by