*Pictured at Shannon Airport getting ready for a cracking Easter break are 18-month-old Ivar Killeen and his Mum Katie Black from Ennis, Co. Clare. Photograph: Arthur Ellis
123,000 passengers are expected to hop on planes at Shannon Airport this Easter season in what is the busiest holiday period so far in 2025 for the International Airport.
An Easter bounce has been predicted for Shannon Airport as it prepares to welcome over 123,000 passengers.
The figure represents a jump on the 107,361 in 2024, 73,000 in 2023 and 50,000 in 2022. Meanwhile, Cork Airport is forecasting 57,000 passengers for the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.
CEO of the Shannon Airport Group, Mary Considine said, “We are looking forward to welcoming overseas visitors, as they bring a welcome boost in tourism across the region”.
She added, “Traditionally the Easter break kick-starts the summer season to our popular destinations and it’s great to see the excitement of families and friends travelling overseas for a sun or city break. Facilities such as our US Preclearance and the airport sensory room, along with the short distance from our car parks to the terminal building, are making Shannon a favourite airport with people from all over Ireland. We wish all our passengers a safe and enjoyable Easter”.
This Easter bounce comes as Shannon has launched its sizzling summer schedule, offering a choice of 36 services to eleven countries across the EU, UK and USA, with an extra 190,000 seats for summer ‘25. The schedule includes two new destinations – the Portuguese island of Madeira, and Palma.
Alicante, Boston, Barcelona, Beziers, Birmingham, Budapest, Chicago, Corfu, Edinburgh, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Kaunas, Krakow, Lanzarote, Liverpool, London, Malaga, Malta, Manchester, Naples, New York, Palma, Paris, Porto, Tenerife, Warsaw, and Wroclaw are among the Easter destinations from Shannon.
For those departing Shannon Airport, the average time from the car, through security and to their boarding gate is 12 minutes, thanks to the close proximity of the Age Friendly Airport’s car park and its state-of-the-art screening system.
