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Slightly in excess of 2.1m passengers travelled through Dublin Airport in
August, 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 over 1.1m passengers travelling on these routes
last month.
UK traffic recorded a 15% decrease with almost 680,000
passengers travelling in August.
Passenger numbers on domestic routes declined by 27% with just over 54,000
passengers taking domestic flights last month. Transatlantic traffic to
North America fell by 4% with almost 185,000 passengers travelling on this route
sector in August.
Other international passenger traffic,
principally flights to the Middle East, totalled 24,000 last month, a decline of
3% year on year.
Year-to-date more than 14.3 million passengers have
travelled through Dublin Airport, a 12% decline over the same period last
year.
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10th September, 2009
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