Record numbers of passengers from Republic use Belfast airport
Strength of the euro encouraged 600,000 residents of the South to fly from Belfast last year
Belfast International Airport: Overall, passenger numbers at the airport jumped to 5.84 million people last year. Photograph: Paul Faith/PA
The number of passengers from the South who chose to fly from Belfast International Airport (BIA) soared last year to a record high of 600,000, latest figures show.
BIA said the strength of the euro against the pound was the key factor behind the increase in the number of residents from the South travelling north to fly to one of the 76 destinations on offer.