Ireland’s air traffic decline 'among worst in Europe'
There was a 83% decrease in flights in May this year compared to the same month in 2019.
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There was a 83% decrease in flights in May this year compared to the same month in 2019.
Other airlines have made similar moves amid concerns that Brexit could severely disrupt air traffic between Britain and continental Europe.
There are four air traffic strikes planned in the coming days.
Traffic through the airport is going down and down.
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Decisive measures were taken.
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The strike was due to run until the weekend, but was cancelled after marathon talks between unions and the government.
After getting the warning one of the aircraft had to make an immediate right turn to avoid a crash.
Air traffic figures for April show an increase at all three airports with Shannon seeing a significant rise of over 30 per cent.
As a result of the passenger rise, DAA will pay a €5.6 million rebate to airlines who saw passenger growth in 2013.
The environmental group says that scrapping the tax makes no “long-term sense” and wants Ireland to make increasing use of ferry crossings.
The airline says it wants to meet Irish airport bosses to discus growing its traffic in and out of Ireland by at least one million passengers a year from April 2014.
Dublin Airport handled nearly 500 flights every day in September, with 62 in Cork and 60 in Shannon.
While long haul flown passengers is up by 17.2 per cent last month compared to the same time last year.
The airline blames the timing of the bank holiday weekend for a 2.5 per cent drop in passengers.
Flight operations were briefly suspended to allow de-icing; passengers should expect delays in both arrival and departure.
However, Irish air traffic has returned to ‘modest growth’ in 2012, and there are signs that a more consistent growth will emerge, said the Irish Aviation Authority.
Meanwhile, Luton airport has reopened but is also experiencing delays due to snowfall.
IAA figures show that total flights in Irish airspace fell by 1.2 per cent last month compared to April 2011.
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Passenger levels rose 11 per cent last year, but the airport says 2012 is expected to be ‘challenging’.
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