29th Dec 2015 10:06
LONDON (Alliance News) - Irish budget airline Ryanair Holdings PLC on Tuesday said it saw traffic growth hit 70% at Cork, Dublin, Knock and Shannon airports in Ireland in 2015 from a year before.
The company said the growth has tracked the rise in traffic in the Irish air travel industry since the decision in April 2014 by the country to scrap air travel tax.
"Before the various tourism bodies claim undue credit for a record year for Irish tourism, Ryanair is pleased to release its 2015 Irish traffic numbers, which show that Ryanair on its own delivered 70% of the growth at the main Irish airports this year, thanks to the government's decision to scrap the air travel tax," said Robin Kiely, Ryanair's head of communications.
"After five years of decline at Irish airports, the welcome repeal of the air travel tax has resulted in record traffic and tourism growth, demonstrating to our counterparts in the UK and Germany the enormous economic benefits removing APD brings," Kiely added.
Shares in Ryanair were up 0.8% to EUR15.13 on Tuesday.
By Sam Unsted; [email protected]; @SamUAtAlliance
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