Belfast International Airport Flying High - Busiest July On Record

- Over 700,000 passengers flew through Belfast International Airport last month – the busiest month the airport has ever seen

- An increase of 13% on 2023 levels and 11% increase on Pre Covid (2019) levels

Belfast International Airport, member of VINCI Airports, has announced that July 2024 was the busiest July ever recorded at the airport.

It comes as over 700,000 passengers jetted off to 70 destinations with almost 6000 flights recorded during the period as the peak school holiday period got underway. The busiest day was 14th July and saw over 26,000 passengers travelling through the Airport.

Dan Owens, Chief Executive Officer, said; “This year we expanded our range of routes and frequencies for the summer period, which have helped drive the July figures we are releasing today. All of our airlines have added new destinations to our route portfolio including Malta, Bodrum, Tunisia and Larnaca which indicates that there is clear demand to travel to a wide range of destinations.”

The most popular destination in July was Palma in Mallorca with 40,000 passengers heading to this favourite Spanish hotspot. Other popular destinations included Faro, Paris, and Dalaman in Turkey.

The data also shows that 90% of passengers waited for less than 15 minutes to get through security and comes just days after the airport was given a ‘good’ rating by the Civil Aviation Authority for the services it provides to passengers with reduced mobility.

Dan Owens continued; “Our continued growth reflects the strategic focus we have on improving the overall customer experience as well as on increasing connectivity and choice. Our journey to transforming the passenger experience is well underway with one year of our £100m five-year investment plan almost complete. This investment will see the opening of our new security search hall in the coming weeks as well as further upgrades to terminal facilities, commercial areas, seating and gate areas and a new duty free and hospitality offering.”

Photo Caption: BIA CEO Dan Owens

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