Dublin Airport Inbound Passengers

The majority of visitors to Ireland enter the country via Dublin Airport, so the arrivals lounge can resemble a United Nations assembly at times, with people from all over the world streaming through.  Of course, the global economic slump has seen a drop in passenger numbers at Dublin Airport, but things are starting to look up.

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) reports that passenger traffic at Dublin Airport rose by 2% in 2011, to 18.8 million passengers, with the biggest growth among passengers coming from outside Ireland.

This recovery can only get stronger, with a DAA growth incentive scheme that rebates passenger service charges to airlines that reach specific traffic growth rates.

So where do all these international travellers hail from?

20 busiest international routes 2011

London Heathrow                     1,556,565*

London Gatwick                          924,295

London Stansted                        753,393

Paris-Charles de Gaulle            608,353

Birmingham                               540,078

Manchester                               521,592

Amsterdam                               466,933

Frankfurt                                    439,065

New York                                   433,783

Malaga                                      423,329

Edinburgh                                 406,762

London Luton                          325,394

Bristol                                      323,113

Madrid                                     322,352

Liverpool                                 308,992

Faro                                       298,898

Barcelona                              279,277

Chicago O’Hare                      254,771

Abu Dhabi                               229,215

Berlin Schönefeld                   213,601

*passenger numbers

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