IAA issues September traffic figures

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) today issued it's traffic statistics for the month of September. The majority of the IAA's revenue is generated on the North Atlantic rather than terminal traffic at the three state airports. The IAA points out in it's monthly summary that this source of revenue has been hit disproportionately by the current economic woes with mainland European traffic suffering to a lesser extent.
For the month of September, overflights totaled 24,841down 8.2% on the same month last year. North Atlantic HF communications at 33,863 were down 8.7% YoY. Whilst the general downturn in the airline business will have contributed to the September drop it should be noted that for significant periods during the month the North Atlantic Track System didn't incorporate Irish airspace due to weather patterns.
At Dublin Airport, commercial traffic movements totaled 14,288 representing a YoY drop of 18.5%. At Cork the figure was 2,228 down 28.6% YoY whilst at Shannon the total for the month was 2,467 down 13.3%.