’S MAIN AIRPORTS AN ECONOMIC PROFILE (2017)

PASSENGERS CHANGE SINCE 2012

ALL MAIN AIRPORTS 40,000,000 +45.5% (10.8m) KNOCK 35,000,000 IRL WEST PASSENGERS (TOTAL) 30,000,000

25,000,000 Kerry Knock 20,000,000 Shannon 34.4m DUBLIN 29.4m 15,000,000 Dublin

CORK 2.3m SHANNON 10,000,000 SHANNON 1.6m 85.5% 5,000,000 In percentage 6.7% KERRY KNOCK 0.75m 4.6% 96.2% terms... 2.2% of this growth was KERRY 0.34m 1% CORK 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 at

ECONOMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT CONNECTIVITY Number of €12.8bn Scheduled routes 143,745 served from all main 6.4% of Ireland’s GNI* Total employment (21,635 are 267 4.3% of Ireland’s GDP directly employed) Irish airports DUBLIN AIRPORT

PASSENGERS MAIN CARRIERS MAIN MARKETS IN & OUTBOUND BY TOTAL SEAT CAPACITY* Dublin Airport Total EU Britain US/Canada Spain had the (Incl. UK) busiest year in its 78 year 29.4m history in This represents a +54% 2017 increase since 2012. Dublin Airport processes: 82% 34% 11% 7%

TOP ROUTES BY PASSENGERS 85.5% (ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES) of all passengers at the main Irish BRITISH 1 (Heathrow) 1.8m airports AIRWAYS 2 London (Gatwick) 1.37m 43% 37% 3% 3 Amsterdam 1.09m 85% Short haul Source: CSO Aviation 15% Long haul Source: DAA InterVISTAS report (2017). 4 979,997 Statistics (April 2018) *Note: Refers to 2016 figures Source: CSO Aviation 5 Birmingham 912,428 Statistics (April 2018)

ECONOMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT CONNECTIVITY th Most (directly) connected 117,300 19 airport in Europe € Source: ACI Report (2018) 8.3bn Total employment (19,200 are 4.1% of Ireland total GNI* directly employed) Number of scheduled 2.8% of Ireland’s total GDP Source: DAA InterVISTAS report (2017), p. 29 destinations served by Source: DAA InterVISTAS report (2017), p. 29, 176 and L&RS estimate. 41 airlines Source: DAA 2017 Annual Report (2018), p.25

PASSENGERS MAIN CARRIERS MAIN MARKETS IN & OUTBOUND BY TOTAL SEAT CAPACITY Cork Airport’s Total EU Britain Spain Netherlands busiest year was (Incl. UK) in 2008, with 2.3m This represents a -1.4% 3.26m decrease since 2012. Cork passengers Airport processes: 98% 57% 11% 7.2% 6.7% TOP ROUTES BY PASSENGERS (ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES) of all passengers at the main Irish AER LINGUS RYANAIR AER LINGUS 1 London (Heathrow) 401,315 airports REGIONAL 2 London (Stansted) 353,001 43% 39% 13% 3 Amsterdam 168,146 99% Short haul Note: L&RS estimate based on published 2017/2018 summer / 4 Malaga 137,158 Source: CSO Aviation Source: CSO Aviation winter flight schedules, average frequency), and 2017 load factor Statistics (April 2018) Statistics (April 2018) <1% Long haul for each airline 5 London (Gatwick) 125,585

ECONOMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT CONNECTIVITY Number of scheduled € 10,710 destinations served by 9 727m Total employment (1,920 are 39 Source: DAA InterVISTAS report directly employed) airlines Source: DAA InterVISTAS report (2015), p. ii Source: DAA 2017 Annual Report (2018), p.9 July 2018 Designed by: Oireachtas Library & Research Service © Houses of the Oireachtas 2018

PASSENGERS MAIN CARRIERS MAIN MARKETS IN & OUTBOUND BY TOTAL SEAT CAPACITY Shannon Airport’s Total EU Britain US/Canada Spain (Incl. UK) busiest year was in 2006, with 1.6m This represents a +24.4% 3.6m increase since 2012. Shannon passengers Airport processes: 74% 46% 25% 8.2% 4.6% TOP ROUTES BY PASSENGERS (ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES) of all passengers at the main Irish RYANAIR AER LINGUS NORWEGIAN 1 London (Heathrow) 271,203 airports + REGIONAL AIR INT. 2 London (Stansted) 198,817 54% 23% 7% 3 New York (JFK) 130,662 75% Short haul Source: CSO Aviation Source: L&RS estimate based on FlightRadar24 data and 4 London (Gatwick) 116,781 Statistics (April 2018) published schedules Source: CSO Aviation 25% Long haul Statistics (April 2018) 5 Boston (Logan) 94,144

ECONOMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT CONNECTIVITY Number of scheduled destinations 13,695 served by 8 airlines €3.8bn Total employment (260 are 30 Source: Shannon Group Economic Impact directly employed) Report (2017), Tables 4 and 11 Source: Shannon Group Annual Report (2018), p.100-102. Note: Refers to summer / winter 2018 schedules. Source: Shannon Group Economic Impact Report 2017), p. 8-10

KNOCK AIRPORT ()

PASSENGERS MAIN CARRIERS MAIN MARKETS IN & OUTBOUND BY TOTAL SEAT CAPACITY Knock Airport’s Total EU Britain Portugal Spain busiest year was (Incl. UK) in 2017, with 0.75m This represents a +10.5% 0.75m increase since 2012. Knock passengers Airport processes: 99.9% 85% 5% 4.5%

2.2% TOP ROUTES BY PASSENGERS of all passengers at (ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES) the main Irish RYANAIR AER LINGUS airports 1 London (Stansted) 158,854 74% 14% 12% 2 London (Luton) 130,118 3 Liverpool 85,416 Source: L&RS estimate based on FlightRadar24 data, published 2017/2018 summer / winter flight schedules, Source: CSO Aviation 4 London (Gatwick) 78,329 Source: CSO Aviation average frequency, and the 2017 load factor for each Statistics (April 2018) 100% Short haul Statistics (April 2018) airline 5 East Midlands 73,235

ECONOMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT CONNECTIVITY Number of scheduled destinations € 1,400 served by 3 airlines 150m Total employment (175 are 15 Source: Ireland West Airport Annual Review directly employed) Source: Ireland West Airport (2018) press release 2017 (2018) Source: Ireland West Airport Annual Review 2017 (2018) Note: Figure for Total Employment is a L&RS estimate produced using published methodologies (available upon request)

PASSENGERS MAIN CARRIERS MAIN MARKETS IN & OUTBOUND BY TOTAL SEAT CAPACITY Total EU Ireland Kerry Airport’s Britain Germany (Domestic) busiest year was (Incl. UK) in 2008, with 0.34m This represents a +17.1% 0.43m increase since 2012. Kerry passengers Airport processes: 100% 57% 18% 15.3% 1% TOP ROUTES BY PASSENGERS (ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES) of all passengers at RYANAIR AER LINGUS the main Irish REGIONAL 1 London (Luton) 111,713 airports 2 London (Stansted) 77,693 80% 20% 3 Frankfurt 54,745 Source: L&RS estimate based on FlightRadar24 data, published 4 Dublin 51,284 Source: CSO Aviation 100% Short haul 2017/2018 summer / winter flight schedules, average frequency, Statistics (April 2018) Source: CSO Aviation and the 2017 load factor for each airline 5 21,366 Statistics (April 2018)

ECONOMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT CONNECTIVITY Number of scheduled destinations

€ (EST.) 640 served by 2 airlines 70m Total employment (80 are 7 Source: L&RS, based methodology applied to directly employed) similar sized airports Source: Kerry Airport flight schedules and Flight Radar 24

Source: L&RS, based on a similar methodology applied to similar sized airports

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