Last month was the busiest July on record for Belfast International Airport, with more than 700,000 passengers.
This was an increase of 13% on July 2023 and up by 11% increase on pre-Covid levels in July 2019.
The passengers flew to 70 destinations, with almost 6,000 flights recorded during the period as the peak school holiday period began.
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The busiest day was July 14 when more than 26,000 passengers travelled through the airport.
Dan Owens, chief executive, said: “This year we expanded our range of routes and frequencies for the summer period, which have helped drive the July figures.
“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. Other popular destinations included Faro, Paris and Dalaman.
The figures also show that 90% of passengers waited for less than 15 minutes to get through security.
Owens added: “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 under way with one year of our £100 million 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.”
Belfast International is a member of Vinci Airports, which operates more than 70 airports in 14 countries.