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OVER A QUARTER of a million passengers are expected to travel through Dublin Airport this Easter Bank Holiday Weekend.
That’s a 13 per cent increase compared to last Easter.
DAA spokesperson Siobhán O’Donnell said “the large increase in passengers travelling from Good Friday until Easter Monday is due in part to the 14 new services which started recently, as well as extra capacity on many existing routes from Dublin Airport.”
The Canary Islands and Turkey are the popular sunshine destinations this Easter.
Passengers are advised to check which terminal their flight is departing from before leaving home.
Knock Airport
Meanwhile over 15,000 passengers are expected to pass through Ireland West Airport Knock this Easter weekend making it one of the busiest in recent years at the airport.
Passenger numbers over the Easter period are expected to be up by 5 per cent compared to last year.
Donal Healy, Marketing Manager at West Airport Knock said:
“This Easter is expected to be one of the busiest in recent years with very strong numbers expected on our 25 services to the UK and Europe.
Already this year we are seeing double digit growth in the numbers of people using the airport.
Aer Lingus
Aer Lingus Regional had a 9 per cent increase in passenger numbers for the month of March compared to the same period last year.
The airline flew 94,242 passengers last month, up from 86,610 in March 2013.
Commenting on March’s passenger numbers, Simon Fagan, Commercial Director at Stobart Air said:
“We are pleased that our passenger numbers have grown for a ninth consecutive month.
With new routes, new aircraft and expanded services on existing routes, the outlook for Aer Lingus Regional is looking more and more positive with each passing month.
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We can certainly thank Michael O’Leary for this.
At least you’re being frank!
Allow me to be Frank also.
Aren’t we exporting our work force and importing non English speaking workers, I bet air travel is up,
You’re just Eddie
It’s Brits on long hault flights they fly from uk spend a night in dub the. Fly via Manchester to USA with Virgin that way they don’t have to spend 200 quid pp in airport tax so it works out cheaper than the stupid British government has slapped on an island nation
I was in the airport Wednesday and it was chaos. They’d decided to close at least 8 security lanes so had to que for ages.
Really well thought out
Wonder how many are coming back after Easter?
All this data is seats doesn’t mean they are all filled!
More people traveling at Easter? No way! That’s news indeed!
They reckon knock was as busy as heathrow on Thursday
they’re all blind in denial, you’re right Eddie. Just look around…
Many heading back to Europe for a week or two, then back here again to clean us out a little bit more. Nothing in their own place to keep them there.
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