1.8 million passengers travelled through Dublin Airport in Sep-2009
Almost 1.8 million passengers travelled through Dublin Airport in September, a 15% decline on the same period last year, according to the Dublin Airport Authority.
Passenger volumes to and from continental Europe fell by 16% with just under 970,000 passengers travelling on these routes last month.
Traffic to the UK recorded a 13% decrease with just over 600,000 passengers travelling in September.
Traffic to North America fell by 12% with almost 148,000 transatlantic passengers in September. Passenger numbers on domestic routes declined by 32% with just over 48,000 people taking domestic flights last month
Just under 20,000 passengers travelled to other international destinations in September, principally on flights to the Middle East. Traffic in this segment saw no change from last year.
Year-to-date almost 16.1 million passengers have travelled through Dublin Airport, a 13% decline over the first nine months of last year.