Drop in passengers at NI airports
27.04.09
The number of passengers using Northern Ireland's airports has fallen sharply compared to this time last year, the BBC reports. The biggest fall was at City of Derry which had 36.2% fewer passengers last month than in March a year earlier. The falls at Belfast City and the Belfast International were down 7.5% and 21% respectively. The figures from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) show that the most dramatic slowdown is in the number of people taking international flights.
The CAA's figures showed that passenger numbers at UK airports fell last year for the first time in 17 years. The decline was particularly sharp at the end of the year, with passenger numbers dropping 8.9% in November and 7.9% in December, compared with 2007. The falls were expected to continue during 2009, a spokesman said.
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