Ireland West Airport

Concerning Ireland West Airport, which is officially known as Ireland West Airport Knock, it is an international airport 3.5 miles south-west of County Mayo, Charlestown, Ireland. It is 5.6 km away from County Mayo. The name is because the airport is 20 km, which is 12.5 miles away from the village of Knock. According to statistics, more than 750,000 passengers used this airport in 2017, and those numbers made the airport the fourth-busiest airport in Ireland after Cork, Shannon, and Dublin. On the island, the airport is the fifth-crowded one after Belfast International Airport. The government primarily financed the airport. It had a grant from the European Union as well. The amount of the needed money was distributed equally among the European Union, the government, and the airport developers. On 21 February 2007, the government of Ireland gave a 27 million euros capital grant. The airport announced that it would implement a 46 million euros infrastructural investment program. Work continued on several significant building projects and civils as well this year. Passengers aged 12 years and more are paying a "Development Fee" at the airport, the cost of it is 10 euros. The fee is a vital contributor to the continued sustainability of the Ireland West Airport and provides a critical funding source to help the ongoing works at the airport.

Ireland West Airport

Concerning Ireland West Airport, which is officially known as Ireland West Airport Knock, it is an international airport 3.5 miles south-west of County Mayo, Charlestown, Ireland. It is 5.6 km away from County Mayo. The name is because the airport is 20 km, which is 12.5 miles away from the village of Knock. According to statistics, more than 750,000 passengers used this airport in 2017, and those numbers made the airport the fourth-busiest airport in Ireland after Cork, Shannon, and Dublin. On the island, the airport is the fifth-crowded one after Belfast International Airport. The government primarily financed the airport. It had a grant from the European Union as well. The amount of the needed money was distributed equally among the European Union, the government, and the airport developers. On 21 February 2007, the government of Ireland gave a 27 million euros capital grant. The airport announced that it would implement a 46 million euros infrastructural investment program. Work continued on several significant building projects and civils as well this year. Passengers aged 12 years and more are paying a "Development Fee" at the airport, the cost of it is 10 euros. The fee is a vital contributor to the continued sustainability of the Ireland West Airport and provides a critical funding source to help the ongoing works at the airport.

The Capacity and Business Activity of the Ireland West Airport

In 2008, the airport was used by 629,000 passengers. It was a record of the airport and compared to the previous year a 13% rise was shown. As the Ireland West airport is 200 meters above sea level, many flights were diverted to other airports because of poor visibility till April 2009, after this year the Category II Instrument Landing System was installed, and it created more opportunities for the airport. August 2009 was the busiest month for the airport, as there were 81,000 passengers, as for the most working day in the airport's history, it was 28 August 2009, when there were over 4,500 passengers. As there were 654,553 passengers in 2011 at the airport, this year was considered as the busiest year in the airport's history. New routes were established as well, such as Tenerife, Gran Canaria, as well as Lanzarote. During September 2011, Ryanair had its four-millionth in the airport, and Lufthansa announced that it would do weekly flights to Dusseldorf from May 2012. In November that year, Ryanair began a trip to Frankfurt-Hahn, Beauvais-Tille, Girona-Costa Brava, and Bergamo-Orio al Serio.

History and Present-day Operations

Compared to other airports that are in this area, the airport has no significant history, it was opened on 25 October 1985, and there were only three Aer Lingus flights to Rome. The airport started working officially on 30 May 1986. The site where this airport is located was considered unrealistic for the airport to be built. Still, after Monsignor James Horan's long and controversial campaign, the airport was built, this story inspired a musical as well. Despite criticisms, Monsignor Horan established an airport within five years, and the government mainly granted the construction. For 1988, more than 100,000 passengers had gone through the airport. Aer Lingus has started flights from the airport to Birmingham from 1995. The flag-carrier, regional, low-cost airlines were added, including MyTravelLite, Bmibaby, Aer Lingus, Ryanair, Flybe, Lufthansa, Aer Arann, as well as EasyJet. They were flying to the UK and Europe as well. In 2005, the airport handled 500,000 passengers even though not all airlines have proven successful. In 2006 the airport was considered the best regional airport in Ireland.