Finance
The airport is a public limited company (PLC) but not quoted on any stock exchange. It had an operating profit of € 179,329 in 2009 on a turnover of €6,252,221. This represented a fall of 32% from the previous financial year. The main shareholders in Kerry Airport are the Kerry Group, bin Mahfouz family, Kerry County Council, Electricity Supply Board (ESB) and Denis Kelleher.
In January 2011 it was announced that 20 of the airport's 65 staff would be made redundant due to a fall in passenger numbers following Ryanair's withdrawal from its PSO contract.
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