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Quiz: How much do you know about Dublin Airport?
It hasn’t been the best week for the airport.
IT HASN’T BEEN the best week for Dublin Airport.
With massive queues resurfacing last weekend, the airport authority was called to meetings with government ministers and the Oireachtas transport committee where it was told it could not allow the same situation to happen again.
The airport is the centre for international travel in and out of Ireland, though the regional airports in Shannon, Cork, Kerry, Knock and Donegal also carry thousands of passengers each year.
Passenger numbers through the capital airport have rapidly picked up again after massively dropping due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the same time, in the face of rising greenhouse gas emissions that threaten climate breakdown, a question hangs over the future of aviation and how much of it the world can environmentally afford.
With all that said, how much do you know about Dublin Airport?
Let’s go back to the start - when did Dublin Airport open?
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1940
1947
1955
1960
A small Aer Lingus plane flew the first flight from the airport - where did it go?
Shannon
London
Liverpool
Lourdes
It wasn’t always called Dublin Airport - which town was it previously named after?
Swords
Collinstown
St Doolagh's
Glasnevin
In 2021, which of these Fianna Fáil politicians suggested the airport be renamed Seán Lemass Dublin Airport after the former Taoiseach?
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Minister Stephen Donnelly
MEP Billy Kelleher
Senator Malcolm Byrne
And then earlier this year, a different Fianna Fáiller in the Dáil called for it to be renamed after a famous Irish writer - which one?
Samuel Beckett
Edna O’Brien
James Joyce
Oscar Wilde
In 2019, Dublin Airport was the 12th busiest airport of 101 in Europe, but its traffic slowed during Covid-19. Where did it come on the list in 2021?
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17th
27th
37th
47th
Dublin Airport is one of only a few airports in the world with pre-clearance immigration and customs for flights to the United States. Shannon Airport is one of the others - which one of these has it?
Abu Dhabi
London Heathrow
Singapore
Kerry
During take-offs and landings, planes produce a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions. How many tonnes, measured in carbon dioxide equivalent, were produced during take-offs and landings in total at Dublin Airport in 2019?
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119,000 tonnes
174,000 tonnes
233,000 tonnes
258,000 tonnes
Which of these was not part of DAA’s plan to try to prevent lengthy queues this June Bank Holiday weekend?
Limiting access to terminals at busy periods based on passengers’ departure times
Reducing the number of departing flights
Opening more security lanes
Bringing in more staff
Other than bus, which type of public transport is an option to Dublin Airport?
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Train
Tram
Underground
None of the above
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You're this hours-long queue
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You're this neat suitcase
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You're this classic 1960s Aer Lingus plane
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