Dublin And Cork Airports Hosted 2.66m Passengers In March

April 12, 2023 9:02 AM By Dave Simpson

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Dublin And Cork Airports Hosted 2.66m Passengers In March

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March was another record month at both Cork and Dublin airports, with 181,000 passengers and 2.48 million travelling through each airport, respectively, according to the airports' operator, DAA.

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Cork Airport is set to welcome a total of 2.5 million passengers over the course of the full year.

March passenger figures at Cork Airport reflect a 10.4% increase on the same period last year and a 4.6% increase on March 2019.

Meanwhile, a total of 2.48 million passengers went through Dublin Airport in March. That was 30,000 passengers higher than the number that went through in the previous busiest March in 2019 and 33% higher than in March 2022. This is the third consecutive month of record passenger numbers at the country's biggest airport.

During the month there was a total of 1.23 million arriving passengers at Dublin Airport and 1.25 million departing passengers.

The March figures mean that 6.65 million passengers went through Dublin Airport in the first three months of 2023, which is 102% of 2019 levels.

Deputy managing director at Cork Airport Roy O'Driscoll said, "March was once again a tremendously busy month at Cork Airport. Last month’s passenger numbers contributed to a great Q1, with over half a million people flying to and from Cork Airport since January. This represents a 5% increase in passengers versus Q1, 2019."

"With the recent start of our summer schedule, Cork Airport is gearing up for a very busy summer season ahead. We expect to welcome 2.5 million passengers across the full year, and we are well on track to meet that target," O'Driscoll said.

"Leisure demand was extremely strong, with many passengers taking the opportunity to fly to the UK and continental Europe for city breaks, ski and sun holidays in Q1, 2023," he added.

March In Numbers

March 2023 In Numbers At DAA's Irish Airports
Cork Airport		Dublin Airport
Number of Passengers	181,000	Number of Passengers	2,480,000
Number of Flights	2,669	Number of Flights	18,605
Through Security in <20 mins	99%	Through Security in <20 mins	89.4%
Busiest Day for Travel	Friday March 31 – 8,357	Busiest Day for Travel	Sunday March 19 – 101,637
Busiest Destination	London Heathrow	Busiest Destination	London Heathrow
Top-selling brand in The Loop	Clarins	Top-selling brand in The Loop	Charlotte Tilbury
Most popular cosmetics brand sold	Clarins	Bottles of perfume sold: 50,000	50,000
Most popular brand of whiskey sold	Midleton Very Rare	Bottles of whiskey sold	50,000
Best-selling local food produce	Clonakilty Sausages	Number of lipsticks sold:	6,667
Flights Departing On-Time	85.8%	Flights Departing On-Time	66.9%*