Aviation Data
Source: Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock and Kerry airports.
Air passenger data shows a substantial fall in passengers handled by Irish airports due to COVID-19 restrictions. Data on airport passengers is presented in table 4.1 and illustrated in figure 4.1. The number of passengers travelling through the main airports (excluding Kerry) in July 2021 was two thirds (65.9%) higher than it was in July 2020. However, the number of passengers travelling through the main airports in July 2021 was still 82.4% lower than the same month in 2019. Note: Knock airport was closed from April to June 2020 and from February to May 2021 and data for July 2021 for Kerry airport was not available at the time of publication.
The total number of passengers handled by those airports in the first seven months of 2021 fell from 6,511,913 to 1,719,454 when compared with the same period in 2020.
Non-essential international travel returned on 19 July. The number of passengers travelling through Dublin airport in July 2021 rose by 125.1% compared with the previous month.
| Dublin | Cork | Shannon | Knock | Kerry | |
| Percentage change | -71.8 | -84.8 | -84.2 | -89.5 | -90 |
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