IAA issue traffic figures for December

The Irish Aviation Authority today issued the December 2008 traffic figures. Traffic was down in all areas, but the most significant drop in revenue terms for the IAA and where it gets 80% of it's revenue was on the North Atlantic. Overflights were down 4.6% on December 2007 and HF communications were down 7.3% YoY.

Terminal Movements at the three state airports for the month were Cork 3,999 down 4.6% YoY, Shannon 2,912 down 10.1% YoY, Dublin 16,449 no change YoY.

At year end Cork handled 34,875 commercial movements, down 12.8% for the year. Shannon handled 33,036 commercial movements, down 7.3% for the year and Dublin handled 201,773 commercial movements up 2.9% for the year.

Ballygireen handled 422,086 flights up 5.79% for the year whilst en route traffic at 309,181 was up 0.6%.