January 2011 air traffic statistics optimistic
16 February 2011: Air traffic through Irish airspace increased by 5.1% in January 2011, compared to January 2010, according to statistics for flight traffic released by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA).
On average, there were 1,275 flights in Irish controlled airspace every day in January.
Enroute traffic, which represents flights passing through Irish controlled airspace, increased 9.4% in January 2011.
North Atlantic flights between Europe and USA also rose by 4% in January 2011, compared to the same period in 2010.
Traffic in and out of the three State airports in January 2011 were not as strong:
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Commercial terminal flights at Dublin were up by only +0.7%
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Commercial terminal flights at Cork were down -6.9%
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Commercial terminal flights at Shannon were down -23.8%.
Mr. Eamonn Brennan, Chief Executive, IAA, said that the level of air traffic activity in general augured well for the airline industry during 2011.
"We are particularly glad to see 7 of the top 10 routes (city pairs) through our airspace showing positive growth in January 2011 compared to January 2010. The Newark to/from London Heathrow route was up almost 43%, the New York JFK to/from London Heathrow route was up over 20% and the Dublin to/from Gatwick route was up almost 18%. This growth during the worst winter Ireland, the UK and the east coast of USA experienced in years, indicates that we have reason to be optimistic this year."
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IAA statistics on air traffic through Irish air space in January 2011
Ireland Top 10 Airport Pairs in January 2011 (Source EUROCONTROL) All Segments - All Flows |
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Average Daily Flights (Bi-directional Flows) : Only Flows with at least 4 flights per month |
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Airport Pair |
Monthly Average Flights |
Last Year Variation |
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34.2 |
20.90% |
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31.9 |
-1.00% |
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18.8 |
42.90% |
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18.5 |
17.70% |
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17.6 |
3.40% |
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15.6 |
-3.60% |
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13.7 |
11.30% |
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13.5 |
0.50% |
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13.3 |
4.00% |
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11.9 |
-2.60% |
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Traffic Per Flow in January 2011 (Source EUROCONTROL) |
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All Flights |
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Average Daily Flights (showing only flows with 1 or more flights/day) |
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ORIGIN TRAFFIC ZONE |
DESTINATION TRAFFIC ZONE |
MONTH CURRENT YEAR |
MONTH PREVIOUS YEAR |
MONTH CHANGE |
MONTH GROWTH |
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Ireland |
Austria |
2.5 |
2.7 |
-0.2 |
-8.30% |
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Ireland |
Belgium/Luxembourg |
5.2 |
4.9 |
0.3 |
5.90% |
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Ireland |
Canada |
1 |
1.1 |
-0.1 |
-5.90% |
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Ireland |
Canary Islands |
6.4 |
5.6 |
0.8 |
14.50% |
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Ireland |
Czech Republic |
1.1 |
1.6 |
-0.5 |
-31.40% |
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Ireland |
Denmark |
2.3 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
38.50% |
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Ireland |
France |
16.7 |
17.2 |
-0.5 |
-3.00% |
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Ireland |
Germany |
14.1 |
14.4 |
-0.3 |
-2.20% |
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Ireland |
Hungary |
1.9 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
26.10% |
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Ireland |
Ireland |
31.2 |
43.2 |
-12 |
-27.90% |
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Ireland |
Italy |
5.8 |
6.6 |
-0.8 |
-11.80% |
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Ireland |
North America |
14.5 |
16.4 |
-1.9 |
-11.40% |
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Ireland |
Latvia |
1.1 |
1.3 |
-0.1 |
-10.30% |
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Ireland |
Lisbon FIR |
2.1 |
2.2 |
-0.1 |
-2.90% |
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Ireland |
Lithuania |
1.3 |
1.3 |
0 |
0.00% |
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Ireland |
Netherlands |
7.8 |
6.4 |
1.4 |
21.70% |
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Ireland |
Norway |
2 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
28.60% |
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Ireland |
Middle East |
3.4 |
2.9 |
0.5 |
15.40% |
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Ireland |
Poland |
7.7 |
8.3 |
-0.6 |
-7.00% |
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Ireland |
Spain |
9.7 |
10.4 |
-0.6 |
-6.20% |
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Ireland |
Sweden |
1.2 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
28.60% |
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Ireland |
Switzerland |
4 |
3.7 |
0.3 |
7.80% |
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Ireland |
Turkey |
1.1 |
1.2 |
0 |
-2.80% |
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Ireland |
UK |
135.3 |
128.7 |
6.6 |
5.20% |