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SHANNON AIRPORT IS now the country’s second-busiest airport.
Latest figures from the Irish Aviation Authority show that in July, Shannon handled 74 commercial flights a day to Cork’s 66.
Both pale in comparison to the capital, which handled 541.
Combined, the first half of the year saw a rise of 3.8% on this time last year.
There was an average of 1,712 daily flights during July 2014. The busiest day was 17 July with 1,853 flights in Irish airspace. There were 29,888 en route traffic movements and 41,369 North Atlantic Communications flights during July 2014.
Eamonn Brennan, Chief Executive, Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) said:
“These very positive air traffic figures are further testament to the continued recovery of the aviation industry, both in Ireland and the world at large.
Dublin and Shannon are driving growth for international arrivals and departures, while our en route and North Atlantic Communications figures reflect the wider global upturn.
International arrivals and departures at the State airports of Shannon, Dublin and Cork saw strong growth of 3.8% in July 2014, when compared to July 2013.
The figures also show that London, New York and Paris remain the most popular points of origin for incoming flights.
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European post to Ireland seems to go through the UK first, causing enormous delays. Why? Ireland is part of Europe, not Britain – why does it use their service.
Also – they need to work on raising awareness in Europe that the REPUBLIC of Ireland (‘le Sud’) is not part of the UK. I have to explain it every time I post a letter in France and Belgium. (‘We’re not the Royaume Uni – we don’t have a King!)
@Amanda Reid: Some mail goes through the UK, but that would be bagged and all they do us forward it. Parcels would be shipped differently.
The guts of six weeks to post from the North to Spain. Joke.
@Kevin Rooney: at least he/she received, I ordered a big commercial fridge in the mid of Sep last year, “it’s still on the way” the supplier told me
You’re not kidding, a birthday card from the UK posted on December 11th arrived yesterday.
@Danny Poyner: Has it a first or second class stamp on it or is it an international stamp.
This afternoon, BBC radio news are reporting that Royal Mail have suffered a cyberattack, and are advising UK users not to post any international mail items, so don’t expect any improvement soon.
My parcel from the US was handed over to An Post on Dec 21st at the latest. They informed me by letter that customs charges needed to be paid on Jan 6th, by which stage I had already paid them (on the 4th), having done the research myself and getting info from USPS, really shouldn’t have to be doing that work myself. As of 11th the package has still not been delivered. The last piece of tracking information is my customs payment on Jan 4th.
What on earth has this got to do with the Royal Mail, An Post are capable of providing terrible service all by themselves.
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