Written answers
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Airport Passenger Data
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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1299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the market share of each airport here for each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15852/18]
Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The Central Statistics Office (CSO) publishes data relating to passenger numbers for Irish airports annually. The Department of Transport and Tourism also publishes data relating to passenger numbers for Irish airports quarterly, although this data is provisional and subject to review. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, information on the market share for the airports, based on the information available to the Department, is set out in the table attached.
Passenger Number Distribution by Airport (%)
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUBLIN | 72.3 | 73.1 | 74.6 | 75.3 | 75.4 | 77.6 | 78.6 | 79.9 | 81.1 | 81.7 | 83.8 | 84.6 | 85.1 |
| CORK | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| SHANNON | 12.9 | 12.5 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| DONEGAL | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| KERRY | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| KNOCK | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| WATERFORD* | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
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