5,752 passengers passed through Mayo airport last month

JUST 5,752 passengers travelled through Ireland West Airport in September, a 92% decline compared to the same month last year, when 76,357 passengers used the airport.

As Covid-19 and travel restrictions continue to have a devastating impact, passenger volumes to and from the UK fell by 90% last mojnth when just 5,459 people travelled to and from the UK compared to 56,844 in September 2019.

The airport, in a statement issued today, explained how European passenger traffic in September declined by 98% when 275 passengers travelled to and from the airport's only European destination currently operating, to Faro in Portugal, compared to 19,457 who travelled on services to destinations such as Barcelona, Lanzarote, Malaga, Milan. Cologne and Tenerife in September 2019.

Private aviation traffic fell by 68% in September compared to the previous year also.

Last month, Ryanair reduced their schedule of flights by over 50% to the end of October in response to the impact of Covid-19 and the current travel restrictions in place.

Just over 136,000 passengers have travelled through Ireland West Airport between the months of January and September, compared with 625,985 for the same period last year - a 78% decrease year on year.