Its figures showed that 54,800 people travelled into the State in February, while 53,200 left, a total of 108,000. This compared with 1.2 million travelling in each direction, a total of 2.4 million, in the same month last year. Air travel accounted for most of last month’s movement, with 50,500 people flying in and 48,700 flying out. Thus, in real terms, Covid-19 travel curbs have wiped out aviation. Donohoe acknowledged that return of safe travel is the “best support” that aviation can get.

Source: The Irish Times March 30, 2021 04:52 UTC