Airline passengers hit record 43.5 million in 2025

Airline passengers hit record 43.5 million in 2025

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that 2025 was a record year in terms of the number of passengers using Irish airports since the CSO began monitoring the figures in 2013.

Airport passenger figures soar with 2025 landing new record

A record 43.5m passengers passed through Irish airports last year, official figures show. Our favourite destinations from Dublin were London Heathrow, Amsterdam and Manchester. The top route for Cork and Shannon airports was Heathrow, while London Luton was the most popular for the Knock and Kerry airports. Damien Lenihan, statistician with the Central Statistics Office (CSO), said: "2025 was a record year in terms of the number of passengers us…