Passenger numbers for May for the two Belfast airports combined were 849,309, up 6.5pc on 2025 and 7.4pc on pre-pandemic. Rolling annual was 9,173,985, down 0.4pc on the twelve months to May 2025. It follows growth rates of 4.4pc in April, 5.6pc in March, 0.7pc in February and 2.2pc in January.
Belfast International Airport passenger numbers for April were 632,287, up 5.5pc on 2025 and 4.1pc on pre-pandemic. Rolling annual was 6,743,811, down 0.1pc on the twelve months to May 2025.
Belfast City airport passenger numbers for April were 217,022, up 9.5pc on 2025 and down 2.1pc on pre-pandemic. Rolling annual was 2,430,1742,,up 2.1pc on the twelve months to May 2025.
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Belfast City – Belfast International – Belfast combined – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Dublin – Heathrow – Kerry – Knock – Manchester – Shannon
