April passenger numbers up 11% to 2 million at Dublin Airport

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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

This post was published on 15 May 2015 14:14

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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