Dublin Now Fastest Growing Major European Airport
Dublin Airport was the fastest growing major airport in Europe in the first six months of this year, according to new half-year from ACI Europe.
Passenger numbers at Dublin increased by 13.4% during the first half of the year, making it the leading performer among the top tier European airports which have more than 25 million passengers per year.
During the first six months of this year traffic at Dublin Airport grew faster than at Barcelona’s El-Prat Airport (+12.7%) Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (+12.0%), Copenhagen Airport (+10.9%) and Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam (+9.9%).
The average growth across European airports was 4.9% in the first half of the year, with airports in the European Union reporting stronger average passenger growth of 6.2. Traffic at European airports outside the EU was almost flat in the first half, growing by just 0.5%
“Dublin Airport had a very strong performance in the first half of this year, welcoming just over 13 million passengers,” said Dublin Airport Managing Director Vincent Harrison.
“The growth in passenger numbers at Dublin Airport is having a significant impact on the Irish economy, bringing increased trade and investment and also driving higher visitor numbers, which is in turn boosting the Irish tourist industry.”
He added: “The significant growth in passenger numbers meant that more than 1.5 million extra customers travelled through Dublin Airport in the first six months of the year.”