Strong growth at Dublin Airport

DUBLIN Airport was one of the fastest growing airports in Europe in the first half of this year according to new passenger data.

The data from airport trade organisation, ACI Europe, shows that passenger numbers at the capital’s airport grew more than three times faster than the European average in the first six months of this year.

Numbers increased by 15.1 per cent from January to June at Dublin compared to average growth around Europe of 4.5 per cent during the same period.

Dublin Airport was also one of the best performing airports within its Group 2 peer group, which comprises European airports welcoming between 10 and 25 million passengers per year.

The capital had the fourth largest passenger increase within its peer group, behind Athens (23.5 per cent) London Stansted (16.9 per cent) and Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (16.6 per cent).

“We’re outperforming almost all of our European peers,

? said Dublin Airport Managing Director Vincent Harrison who put the growth down to a combination of 22 new services and extra flights and seat capacity on a large number of existing routes from Dublin.

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In total, almost 11.5 million passengers have been welcomed at Dublin Airport during the first six months of this year, as the 15.1 per cent increase in traffic added an extra 1.5 million passengers.