IAA publish August Traffic figures

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has published the traffic statistics for August 2009. The yera to date downward trend continued for August.
En route overflights were down 11.5% YoY at 26,256.
North Atlantic HF communications were down 8.6% YoY
Commercial air traffic movements at Dublin were down 17.7% YoY while total terminal movements were down 17.2% YoY to 16,019.
Commercial air traffic movements at Cork were down 27.6% YoY while total terminal movements were down 20.9% YoY to 4,403.
At Shannon commercial air traffic movements were down 15.5% YoY while total terminal movements were down 17.6% to 3,036.


Year to date the high money earners for the IAA, en route and HF are down 8.4% and 8% respectively. 
Whilst difficult to quantify, the impact of weather patterns has certainly affected the position of the North Atlantic Track System relative to Irish air space this summer with extended periods when the traffic flow was well north or well south of Irish airspace.