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One hundred thousand visitors to the Galway region used Ireland West Airport Knock

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2014 promises to be another milestone year at Ireland West Airport Knock with the year ahead forecast to be the busiest ever in the airport’s history with passenger numbers expected to exceed 700,000 for the first time.

Major boost for IWAK with announcement of three new routes and additional flights

Passenger numbers at Ireland West Airport Knock are due to exceed 750,000 a year for the first time in the airport’s history following yesterday’s announcement by Ryanair of three new routes from the airport, along with increased flights on its Knock-London services.

Knock airport welcomes travel tax cut and unchanged VAT rate

Ireland West Airport Knock this week welcomed the Government decision to reduce the air travel tax from €3 to zero and maintain the VAT rate at 9 per cent in the tourism sector as announced in the budget on Tuesday. A statement released by the airport said: “The airport believes this news will serve to continue to boost the tourism sector and encourage airlines to add more air access to the island and in particular to grow passenger numbers and overseas visitors through Ireland West Airport Knock. The airport now looks forward to working closely in the next few weeks with its airline partners on new services for 2014 to boost the number of inbound visitors significantly to the region.”

Flybe celebrates 100,000 passengers at IWAK

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, celebrated its first major passenger landmark at Ireland West Airport Knock with its 100,000th passenger, Rachel Dale, from Manchester, travelling through the airport on Friday August 23 on a fight to Manchester. To mark the occasion Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring, presented Ms Dale with two free return flights to Manchester and tickets to a Manchester United match courtesy of the airport and Flybe.

Massive crowd expected for historic clash

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Over one thousand visitors are expected to travel to Mayo this weekend from London through Ireland West Airport Knock ahead of the historic Connacht Final clash between Mayo and London.

30 per cent of US passengers through Shannon visit Galway

Shannon Airport’s passenger numbers have turned a significant corner, with figures for June showing an eight per cent increase on the same month last year.

Success continues as Ireland West Airport Knock reports busiest year ever

Notwithstanding massive challenges within the aviation industry in the last twelve months, Ireland West Airport Knock’s latest traffic figures prove that 2012 was its busiest year in its 26- year history. In 2012, the annual number of passengers using Ireland West Knock increased by over 30,000 to 685,000 - an increase of 5 per cent on 2011 numbers. The Airport now serves over 25 International destinations and is served by five of Europes biggest airlines.

Knock airport row rumbles on

The long term future of Knock Airport was pushed to the front of political debate once again this week, even causing the suspension of standing orders at the annual budget meeting of Mayo County Council so it could be discussed before the €120 million budget was even considered, and later in the week necessitated a Government Minister’s department to issue a denial that he advised an airline to fly into Shannon rather than Knock.

IWAK welcomes Lufthansa to west of Ireland

Ireland West Airport Knock welcomed Europe’s largest airline, Lufthansa, to the West of Ireland as the inaugural flight from Dusseldorf touched down early this week.

New fights from Knock to Leeds-Bradford from March

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has this week announced a new service flying three times a week between Ireland West Airport Knock and Leeds Bradford Airport in the UK. The new route will commence on March 25 and will run on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. This will be the third addition to Flybe’s route network at the airport following the introduction of new services to Edinburgh and Manchester last year.

 

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