Shannon Traffic Back To 83% Of Pre-Pandemic Levels Last Month

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Shannon Airport’s traffic is already back to 83 percent of its pre-pandemic levels.

Figures released this week by the Central Statistics Office show nearly 135,000 passengers flew through the airport last month, compared to 160,000 back in May 2019.

That’s by far the highest number of people to have travelled through the airport since the onset of COVID-19 here back in March of 2020.

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Shannon made up around 4.5 percent of Ireland’s total air traffic last month, with Cork making up nearly 7 percent and Dublin accounting for more than 86 percent of passengers here.