Passenger numbers at Dublin Airport increased by six per cent to 20.2 million last year, as an extra 1.1 million people used the airport. The significant growth in passenger numbers was led by a record-breaking performance on transatlantic traffic, which saw a 13 per cent increase during 2013.
As a result of the strong growth in passenger numbers, Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is paying a E5.6 million rebate in airport charges to a total of 40 airlines that increased their business at Dublin Airport during 2013.
“Dublin Airport had an excellent performance last year,” said Dublin Airport Managing Director, Vincent Harrison. “Passenger numbers increased across all areas of the business and Dublin Airport’s growth outperformed the European average in every month of 2013.”
Last year was Dublin Airport’s third successive year of growth and the airport’s busiest year since 2009. This year is expected to bring further growth, according to Mr Harrison. “We’re very positive about 2014, as we already have 16 new services scheduled and significant expansions of some existing services have also been announced.”
Aer Lingus is launching services to San Francisco, Toronto, Hanover and Pula, Ryanair will have nine new services including Lisbon, Prague, Bucharest, Basel, Marrakech, and Almeria, Canadian airline WestJet will have a new route from Dublin to St John’s, Newfoundland, and Air Canada rouge will operate its new Dublin-Toronto service.
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