Passenger numbers at Dublin Airport last month were 35% higher than the year previous and up 1% over pre-Covid levels.
Figures from the CSO also showed that the number of passengers over the first three months of this year was 2% higher than in 2019.
They said 6,589,570 passengers passed through Dublin Airport between January and the end of March 2023 compared with 6,480,314 passengers during the same period four years ago.
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It comes as daa CEO Kenny Jacobs said last year was a challenge for the aviation sector.
He explained: “2022 was a challenging year for everyone in the global aviation sector, including daa, due to the sudden surge in demand for international travel following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions.
“As has been well documented, there were a number of key shortcomings with respect to the standards and service quality at Dublin Airport during the first half of 2022 but we recovered well and have enjoyed nine months of stability since.
“The hard work and commitment of the daa team has ensured that since August 2022, around 90% of our passengers have passed through security screening in under 20 minutes."
It was also revealed yesterday that passenger numbers at Dublin and Cork airports totalled 30.3 million in the 12 months to December 2022 compared to 8.7 million passengers in the previous 12-month period, which was an 85% recovery of passenger levels in 2019.
Dublin Airport also said that they facilitated more than 28.1 million passengers in 2022, representing a 231% increase in 2021 activity and an 85% recovery of 2019 levels.
While Cork Airport, the second biggest airport, welcomed more than 2.2 million passengers last year, a 766% increase on 2021
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