The number of passengers passing through Dublin Airport’s two terminals could be as much as 5pc higher than August 2023, according to the airport operators DAA.
Numbers travelling through Dublin Airport in July were up 1pc on July 2023. Sunday, 28th of July was the busiest day in the history of the airport when 122,300 passengers went through the airport’s two terminals.
DAA CEO Kenny Jacobs said: “July was our busiest ever month for passengers at Dublin Airport, which followed our busiest ever June. Demand to fly in and out of Dublin Airport has never been higher, both from passengers, including hundreds of thousands of families heading off on much-anticipated summer breaks, and also from airlines who are keen to add new routes and increase the frequency of existing services at Ireland’s national airport. Passenger demand to fly is higher at Irish airports than at other airports in Europe, with the latest ACI figures (Airports Council International) showing that passenger numbers across Europe only just recovered to pre-pandemic levels in the first half of this year. At Dublin Airport, passengers numbers have been back at pre-Covid levels for more than 12 months – and passenger numbers would be higher if not for the actions that daa is taking to reduce passengers in order to comply with planning.”
Every day in July saw more than 100,000 passengers travelling through Dublin Airport. Our brilliant security team at Dublin Airport continue to deliver high standards for passengers, with 94% of all departing passengers getting through security screening in under 20 minutes in July. The month was not without its challenges for the team due to the Aer Lingus pilots’ strike, which brought disruption for some passengers, and also the CrowdStrike IT outage which was handled very well by daa’s teams at Dublin and Cork Airport to ensure minimal delays and only a small number of flight cancellations, while other airports around the world suffered much higher levels of disruption.
August is going to be another busy month at both Dublin and Cork airports, with forecasts suggesting that the number of passengers passing through Dublin Airport’s two terminals could be as much as 5pc higher than August 2023. As well as holiday traffic, we’re seeing strong demand for business customers and also from tourists flying into both airports from all over the world.”
