Strong Traffic at Irish State Airports

Commercial air traffic at the three State airports of Dublin, Cork and Shannon grew by a robust 9% in April 2016, when compared to 2015. Individually, the April 2016 figures for flights at the three State airports, when compared to the same month in the previous year are: •    Dublin up 9.4%, with an average of 568 daily movements. •    Cork up 11.3%, with an average of 55 daily movements. •    Shannon up 2.3%, with an average of 50 daily movements. There was an increase of 1% in Ireland’s overflight traffic movements (flights that pass through Irish-controlled airspace but do