Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 25 Jul 1996

Vol. 468 No. 4

Written Answers. - Air Passengers Statistics.

Tony Killeen

Ceist:

937 Mr. Killeen asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the number of passengers from the United States who disembarked at each Irish airport in each of the years from 1990 to 1995 and to date in 1996. [15759/96]

Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications (Mr. Lowry)

The information sought by the Deputy in respect of the State airports is detailed in the following tabular statement:

Year	Dublin	Shannon	Cork
1990	147,020*	177,809	476
1991	123,183	143,842	26
1992	141,006	174,946	18
1993	146,297	176,984	59
1994	190,071	194,381	67
1995	190,894	216,665	25
Jan-June 1996	92,873	97,055	151

* This figure represents traffic from North America, that is, it includes approximately 10 per cent in respect of Canada.

The regional airports are privately owned and operated and, as such, commercially sensitive passenger traffic data are matters for the individual airport companies.