Busiest ever October for Dublin Airport

ALMOST 2.3 million passengers used Dublin Airport in October, which was a 16 per cent increase on the same month last year. 

The growth in passenger numbers last month made it the busiest October in the airport’s 75-year history.

Passenger numbers flying to and from continental Europe increased by 15 per cent, with over 1.1 million passengers travelling to European destinations in October.

Almost 830,000 passengers travelled to UK destinations last month, an 18 per cent increase compared to October last year. 

Transatlantic traffic to North America increased by 16 per cent, with over 231,000 passengers travelling on this route sector last month.

The number of passengers travelling to other international destinations in the Middle East and North Africa increased by 15 per cent, with almost 65,500 passengers flying to these routes in October. 

More than 8,000 passengers travelled on domestic routes last month, representing a 31 per cent increase over the same month last year.

Almost 21.5 million passengers have used Dublin Airport in the first 10 months of this year, which is a 15 per cent increase on the same period in 2014.

Dublin Airport has welcomed just under 2.9 million extra passengers in the period from January to October.