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 […]
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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 […]
Dublin Airport Reports Record Numbers
Dublin Airport reports that they have recorded record numbers during July 2018. During July 2018 the Irish airport welcomed 3.3 million passengers, making it the airport’s busiest month ever! More details below: Dublin Airport welcomed more than 3.3 million passengers in July, making it the busiest month ever in the airport’s 78 year history. Passenger […]
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 […]
KLM Open Direct Routes From Dublin
KLM announced earlier today that it would start operating flights out of Dublin airport to its main hub at Amsterdam’s Schipol airport. Up until now KLM flights ex-Dublin were code shares with Aer Lingus. The new flights will run twice daily with departures ex-Dublin at 0555 and 1315 and departures ex-Schipol at 1200 and 2120. […]
RyanAir Pushing Business Offering
RyanAir have been trying to attract more business users over the last year. They introduced ticket options specifically designed to cater for business travellers who are used to receiving certain “perks” when they fly with other airlines. However with RyanAir those “perks” are a little bit limited: Free 20kg checked bag – you’d get that […]
Dublin Airport Offering Annual Fast Track Subscription
Dublin Airport Authority’s “Airport Genie” service has been folded into their main suite of services. They’ve also expanded the “Airport Club” to include an annual membership plan specifically for access to fast track. You can now get an annual membership which covers fast track access only for 200 Euro per year. Paying for fast track […]