Almost 2 million passengers through the airport in August and September

Just under 2 million passengers passed through Dublin Airport in August, a decline of almost 2% on the same period last year, according to the Dublin Airport Authority.

The decline was due to the continued contraction of domestic air travel and a reduction in capacity on a number of European routes by one major customer. Passenger volumes to and from continental Europe declined by 3% with almost 1.1 million passengers travelling to European destinations during the month. However, UK traffic recorded a 1% increase with just under 660,000 passengers travelling in August.

Transatlantic traffic to North America increased by 7% with just under 190,000 passengers travelling on this route sector last month. Traffic to other international destinations, which includes flights to the Middle East and to North Africa, was stable with almost 27,000 passengers travelling on these routes during August.

Passenger numbers on domestic routes declined by 71% with just over 9,000 travelling on domestic flights last month.
So far this year, almost 13 million passengers have travelled through Dublin Airport, a 4% increase over the same period in 2010. International traffic is up more than 5% this year.

Photo above - Passengers using T2.