SUMMER PASSENGER numbers at Shannon Airport were up sixteen percent this year.
Over 755,000 passengers travelled via Shannon Airport across June, July and August which is a sixteen percent increase on the same period in 2024.
An expanding route network of 36 services has aided the rising numbers at Shannon Airport. The network includes five daily transatlantic flights while Lanzarote, Malaga, Palma, Alicante and Faro remained firm favourites with the new year-round addition of Madeira proving to be very popular.
Shannon Airport’s second quarter performance for this year was an eleven percent increase with 650,000 passengers between April and June.
Niall Kearns, Airport Director at Shannon Airport stated, “We’re delighted to have seen such strong growth across the peak summer months. We started with a bumper June Bank Holiday weekend and never slowed down. It’s been a busy three months, not only in terms of passenger numbers but also in infrastructure. We launched 1,000 new car park spaces in our Park4Less facility and are progressing with additional major upgrades as part of our €30 million investment programme.
“We’re looking ahead now to an exciting Winter season, including our new routes to Madrid and Lapland, which we expect to be hugely popular as we get closer to Christmas,” he added.
Ryanair’s routes to Madrid, Lapland and Madeira will be new additions for the 2025 winter schedule. There are also significant increased frequencies on six existing services to Alicante, Edinburgh, Krakow, Lanzarote, Manchester, and Wroclaw.
Earlier this month, Aer Lingus announced an expanded schedule from Shannon to Boston between May and August next year, bringing the number of expected transatlantic passengers from Shannon to over 350,000 in 2026, the highest number since 2018. A new Shannon-Frankfurt service will also operate in the Summer ‘26 schedule, with twice-weekly flights operated by Discover Airlines, part of Lufthansa, which will connect with over 59 destinations across France, Germany, Italy, Austria, the USA and Asia, including Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Mumbai.
