A total of 8.2 million passengers passed through the five main Irish airports – Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock and Kerry – during the first quarter of 2025, a dip of 20,000 on the same time in 2024.
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show the number of flights to and from Irish airports in the first three months of the year slowed by 2% from 59,309 to 57,970 during the same time last year.
The CSO said that Dublin handled 83% of all flights (48,351), followed by Cork with 8% of all flights (4,737).
London-Heathrow, Amsterdam-Schiphol and Manchester were the most popular routes for passengers travelling through Dublin airport in the three month period under review.
The top route for both Cork and Shannon airports was London-Heathrow, for Knock airport it was London-Luton, while the top route for Kerry was Dublin.
Today’s CSO figures show that 88% of passengers on international flights in the five main airports were travelling to or from Europe.
The two most popular countries of origin/destination were the UK and Spain, while outside of Europe, the US was the most popular country of origin/destination.
Meanwhile, air freight handled by Irish airports in the first quarter of 2025 increased by 1% when compared with the first quarter of 2024.
