Just over two million passengers used Dublin Airport in April, an 11% increase on the same period last year, according to daa.
Passenger volumes to and from Continental Europe grew by 9% with almost 1.1 million passengers travelling to and from continental European destinations in April. UK traffic increased by 13%, as almost 732,000 passengers travelled to and from the UK last month.
Transatlantic passenger volumes grew by 5%, with almost 165,000 passengers travelling to and from North America in April. Other international traffic, predominantly to the Middle East, recorded a 23% increase, as almost 62,000 passengers travelled to and from these destinations in April. Domestic traffic rose by 16%, with more than 6,000 passengers travelling on domestic routes in April.
Almost 6.8 million passengers have travelled through Dublin Airport in the first four months of this year, which is a 15% increase over the same period last year.
This means that Dublin Airport has welcomed an extra 870,000 passengers so far this year.
May 15 2015
