New figures from the Central Statistics Office show an increase in international air travel in the second quarter of 2025 with the number of passengers travelling to and from Ireland up by 7% to 12,042,620 from 11,231,664 in the second quarter of last year.
Passenger numbers were 12% higher when compared with the second quarter of 2023, the CSO noted.
The CSO figures include passenger numbers at the five main Irish aiports - Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Kerry and Knock.
Today's figures also reveal that 20.3 million passengers passed through the five main Irish airports in the first half of the year, which was almost 800,000 more people than in the first six months of 2024 and 1.9 million more than the same six month period in 2023.
The CSO said that 6.1 million passengers departed from Ireland in the second quarter of 2025, which was an increase of 443,979 when compared with the same period in 2024.
The CSO said that over 81,000 flights were handled by the five main airports, with Dublin handling 83% of all flights (67,217), while Cork handled 8% of all flights (6,761).
London-Heathrow, Amsterdam-Schiphol, and Manchester were the most popular routes for passengers travelling through Dublin airport in the second quarter of 2025.
The top route for Cork and Shannon was London-Heathrow, while it was London-Luton for Knock, and Dublin for Kerry.
The CSO also noted that 85% of passengers on international flights in the five main airports were travelling to or from Europe, with the two most popular countries of origin/destination the UK and Spain.
Outside of Europe, the US was the most popular country of origin/destination, it added.
