According to data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the number of passenger journeys on buses in Dublin taken during the week that started on 22 May of this year was 8% higher than the number taken during the same week in 2019 – before the Covid-19 pandemic began.
Meanwhile, outside of Dublin in the week that started on 22 May of this year, the number of bus journeys taken was 24% higher than the figure recorded for the same week in 2019, according to the CSO.
Luas And Rail Journeys
In a statement published on its website, the CSO noted that there is no comparable 2019 data for the number of rail journeys taken during the week that started on 22 May 2023, but the number of Luas journeys taken in the week that started on 22 May of this year was 4% higher than the level recorded during the same week in 2019, and 28% higher than the level recorded for the same week last year.
Airport Passenger Data
Additionally, the number of passengers in Dublin Airport in May of this year was 2% higher than the level seen during the same month in 2019, and 17% higher than the level seen during the same month last year, with 3,027,112 passengers being handled by Dublin Airport during May of this year, compared to 2,965,517 during May 2019, according to the statement published on CSO.ie.
In May of this year, Cork Airport handled 29% more passengers than it did in May of last year, and 10% more than it did in May 2019, while Shannon Airport passenger numbers increased by 11%, year on year, in May of this year, and by 33% compared to May 2019, according to the statement published on CSO.ie, which also noted that 3,539,559 passengers were handled by Dublin, Cork, Shannon and Knock airports last month, compared to 3,439,346 in May 2019.
The same statement noted that Ireland West Airport Knock was closed from April to June 2020 and from February to May 2021, Cork Airport was closed in October 2021, and Kerry Airport data was not available at the time of the publication of the statement.
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