Shannon Airport anticipates 52,000 passengers during the June bank holiday weekend, up 23.8pc on 42,000 in 2023 and 42,000 pre pandemic.
Overall passenger numbers up 8pc from January to May compared to the previous year.
The airport anticipates this weekend to be the busiest of the year so far as the summer travel period begins. A total of 7,800 passengers travelled through Shannon Airport on Friday June 2 2023, the highest number of passengers to use the airport in one day since 2016.
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CEO Mary Considine said “our team have been working hard to ensure that passengers coming to Shannon Airport over the busy Bank Holiday period and throughout the summer can have an enjoyable and easy experience travelling through our airport. With additional capacity and increased frequencies on a range of Ryanair services and the recent introduction of Delta’s new service to New York-JFK, passengers have a wide variety of destinations to choose from. This summer we will operate 33 services to 11 countries in popular locations in Europe, the UK and US. We have passengers flying Shannon from all parts of Ireland as they discover the convenience and ease of using our airport. There’s also a steady rise in tourists arriving to explore the Wild Atlantic Way, which will significantly benefit the regional economy this summer. We thank our passengers for choosing to fly Shannon.”
