Dublin Airport Handles Record 100,000 Passengers In A Day
Dublin Airport had the busiest day in its 76 year history when over 100,000 passengers traveled through the airport on Friday, June 24.
This is equal to almost twice the capacity of the Aviva Stadium or more than the populations of 11 Irish counties.
Dublin Airport Managing Director, Vincent Harrison said: “We have welcomed 17 new routes and services this year and another two long haul routes will be launched in September.
“Every single week since May 15 has been busier than our busiest week in 2015. And this will also be the case for every week right though to early October.”
The growth in the number of people travelling can be attributed to a range of factors including the many new routes and services at Dublin Airport, lower oil prices which make for competitive fares, the good performance of the Irish economy and the lowest unemployment rates since 2008.
Mr Harrison added: “We continue to invest in new facilities and services to enhance the passenger experience for all customers. We are currently investing €10 million to upgrade the arrivals area in Terminal 1. We have also installed new automatic tray return systems at passenger screening to help make this process more efficient, keeping security queue times down.”
Dublin Airport welcomed over 10.3 million passengers during the first five months of this year, representing a 15% increase, or an extra 1.3 million passengers so far this year.
NOTE: 100,000 people is more than the total populations of each of the following counties: Kilkenny, Westmeath, Laois, Offaly, Cavan, Sligo, Roscommon, Monaghan, Carlow, Longford, Leitrim.