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The Irish Economy

50% OF THE WORLD’S LEASED COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT FLEET MANAGED FROM IRELAND

According to a survey conduced by the Federation of Aerospace Enterprises in Ireland, aviation leasing companies in the country now manage assets worth €82.9bn.
Airlines in Transition 2013, Dublin, 11/12 April

The Airlines in Transition Summit is a CEO forum that brings together full service airlines, LCCs and hybrids to find new partnership models as they evolve strategically and technologically. The event will be held in the prestigious Ritz Carlton, Powerscourt, Dublin on the 11/12 April 2013. For more information on this CEO Gathering click here…
Ireland has a highly competitive tax rate of 12.5%

In 2012, 145 direct investments were made in Ireland by international companies. (Source: IDA Ireland)

Ireland was ranked 6th for ease of paying business taxes for 2013 by PriceWaterHouseCoopers.
Ireland ranked 1st as destination country for Foreign Direct Investment.

(IBM Global location Trends Facts & Figures 2012)

Ireland also ranked 1st for Investment Incentives (attractive to foreign investors) according to IMD world competitiveness yearbook 2012.
How Ireland Compares? – The best small country in the world to do business

Click here to see how Ireland compares to other world ecomonies.
The Irish Economy grew by 0.2% in the third quarter 2012

Ireland’s third-quarter growth of 0.2% is equal to that of Germany and France for the same period; only Estonia (1.7%) and Slovakia (0.6%) recorded higher growth in the euro area in the same period.

(Source: CSO Ireland)
In 2012, Ireland had its Highest Trade Exports Since 2002

The United States (20%), Belguim (15%), Great Britian (15%), and Germany (8%), were Ireland’s main expoert markets in 2012. For more information click here

(Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO))
Ireland has been ranked the world’s third most globalised economy in terms of GDP, and the most globalised nation in the western world.

(Source: Ernst and Young Globalisation Index)
Trips to Ireland increased by 5.0% for the period October – December 2012

For more information on the visitor flows to and from Ireland click here

(Source: CSO)
Ireland is ranked 1st for Skilled Labour readily available, and 1st for Flexability & Adaptability of Workforce

(Source: IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2012)

Market Profile

Dublin Airport carries out extensive and continuous market research which provides a detailed analysis of the type of passengers using the airport. In 2012, over 21,000 departing passengers were surveyed on topics such as residency, nationality, purpose of journey, booking channels, booking periods, length of stay, group size, social class and fares. This research gives in-depth market intelligence on passenger behaviours at Dublin Airport along with connecting O&D passenger trends.

Market Research Passenger Traffic

Top 10 Connecting Destinations 2012

Long Haul

1	Sydney
2	New York
3	San Francisco
4	Los Angeles
5	Melbourne
6	Johannesburg
7	Orlando
8	Toronto
9	Singapore
10	Chicago

Short Haul

1	Helsinki
2	Moscow
3	Billund
4	Stockholm
5	Luxembourg
6	Berlin
7	Kiev
8	Hamburg
9	Hanover
10	Venice

US Preclearance

The United States Preclearance facility in Dublin Airport is a purpose built facility that allows US bound passengers to undertake all immigration, customs and agriculture inspections at Dublin prior to departure. US Preclearance facilities are unique to Ireland within Europe.

Having cleared immigration and customs at Dublin, passengers arriving in the US are treated as domestic arrivals. There are a number of benefits associated with using US Preclearance at Dublin:

Allows US bound passengers to clear immigration and customs at Dublin before departure which reduce the arrival processing time in the US.
Airlines can offer passengers easily accessible onward connections as passengers making connections have their baggage checked through to their final destination. This reduces the minimum connection time by effectively offering a domestic-to-domestic connection.
Airlines flying to the US will now be able to fly into less congested and less expensive domestic terminals on arrival at US gateway airports.