Brussels Airport (BRU) is closed today and there will be no flight departures all day due to strikes. It’s not clear what’s happening about flight arrivals or connecting flights. Looking at the airport’s official site it looks like a small number of flights are arriving, though the bulk of flights have been cancelled. The dispute […]
Airports
Heathrow Celebrates Platinum Jubilee
Heathrow airport is one of the biggest and busiest airports in Europe. It’s also got a close association with The Queen, which is why they’ve released a short video to highlight that relationship that spans most of her reign: There will be a flyover today in honour of the Jubilee which should be viewable in […]
Dublin Airport Plans Inspire Memes and other Comic Reactions
Dublin Airport’s owners DAA will be grilled by the government later today about how they plan to mitigate the current issues facing passengers at the airport. So what is the plan? Apparently passengers will be triaged on arrival and only given access to the terminal building 3.5 hours in advance of longhaul flights and 2.5 […]
Dublin Airport in Chaos
While Dublin Airport’s management might claim that they have taken steps to improve the situation for departing passengers they obviously have not done enough. Today Dublin airport is trending on Twitter and for all the wrong reasons. The lines to get into both terminals of the country’s main airport are snaking outside the buildings and […]
Flying Out of Dublin Airport? Allow Extra Time!
Over the past few weeks there have been a lot of anecdotal reports from travellers of delays at security at Dublin Airport. Friends and colleagues also reported having serious issues to me directly. So what’s going on? Apparently there is an issue with staffing at the airport. During the pandemic the airport was forced to […]
Holiday Travel Tips from Dublin Airport
The Christmas period is probably one of the busiest for travel. And of course some people will be travelling with gifts for friends and loved ones.. Dublin Airport sent out a release earlier today to remind people that the normal rules and restrictions around carry on (and checked) luggage don’t change for Christmas. Honest. Dublin […]
Lufthansa Expands Dublin Footprint
Lufthansa has announced that they are adding a fifth daily service from Dublin to their main hub airport Frankfurt in Germany. The addition of the extra flight brings the number of flights on the route from 28 to 34 per week and increases the capacity by more than 20%. Welcoming today’s announcement, Dublin Airport Managing […]
Dublin Airport Reports Record Traffic Numbers
Dublin Airport‘s traffic has been growing steadily over the last couple of years. Today the largest airport in Ireland reported that their traffic had hit a new high, with 3.1 million passengers passing through the airport in June 2018. That’s a 7% increase on last year’s passenger numbers. Full release below: Dublin Airport welcomed more […]