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104,000 passengers are forecast to travel through the airport on Friday alone

Dublin Airport warns car parks will be full this weekend

Dublin Airport operator, daa, has warned passengers using the airport over the busy Easter weekend that its car parks are going to be fu

Business • 26 Mar 24

The CCPC said it was blocking the sale of the former QuickPark facility due to concerns that the deal would lead to higher price.

CCPC blocks daa purchase of car park near Dublin Airport

Dublin Airport operator, daa, has received a blow with the news that the competition regulator has refused it permission to buy a large disused car park near the airport which it needs to relieve parking pressure.

Business • 21 Mar 24

Irish dancers Lea Etherington, Ruari Lee and Abbie Byrne pictured with Maja Gedosev, from JetBlue and Gary McLean from Dublin Airport

JetBlue launches first direct Ireland-US services

US airline, JetBlue, has launched its first direct services between Ireland and America.

Business • 14 Mar 24

Security queue times in Dublin Airport fell below targets across the first five months of the year before improving significantly in the second half

IAA fines Dublin Airport €10m for not meeting key targets

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has fined Dublin Airport a total of €10.1m for not meeting targets around cleanliness, information on transport and security queue times last year.

Business • 08 Mar 24

2.3 million passengers passed through Ireland's two busiest airports - Dublin Airport and Cork Airport - in February

Passenger numbers at Dublin and Cork airport rising

New figures from airport operator daa show that a total of 2.3 million passengers passed through Ireland's two busiest airports - Dublin Airport and Cork Airport - in February.

Business • 05 Mar 24

Earlier today, Ryanair said it will not be growing its routes in and out of Dublin this summer because of the passenger cap at the airport.

Minister rejects calls from Ryanair to lift passenger cap

Minister of Transport Eamon Ryan has rejected calls from Ryanair for him to intervene and lift the passenger cap at Dublin Airport.

Business • 29 Feb 24

Dublin airport operator daa is seeking to have the current passenger cap of 32 million passengers a year lifted to 40 million

Fingal wants more info on Dublin Airport's expansion plan

Fingal County Council has asked daa to submit extensive further information to support its application for planning permission to expand Dublin airport and increase the passenger cap.

Business • 19 Feb 24

Daa announced a €400 million spend on 20 sustainability projects

Dublin Airport expansion 'essential' for economic growth

Minister of State Jack Chambers has said he believes the personal criticism of Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan by Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary was "very unfair".

Ireland • 07 Feb 24

Dublin Airport operator daa wants to expand its capacity to 40 million passengers per annum

Taoiseach supports lift in Dublin Airport passenger cap

The Taoiseach has said that while he supports investment in regional airports, Dublin Airport is the main gateway to Ireland and he supports a lifting of the passenger cap.

Business • 02 Feb 24

Dublin Airport has been fully aware for many years of the growth plans of airlines based at Dublin, according to Aer Lingus

daa passenger plan should have come earlier - Aer Lingus

Aer Lingus has said that daa's application to increase Dublin airport's 32m annual passenger cap to 40m could have and should have been made much earlier than last December.

Business • 01 Feb 24

The daa is seeking 15-year planning permission for 11 new infrastructure projects at Dublin Airport

Junior minister in objection to airport expansion plans

A Minister of State is among at least 380 submissions to Fingal Council in relation to expansion plans for Dublin Airport.

Ireland • 31 Jan 24

31.9 million passenger passed through the terminals at Dublin Airport, the figures show.

35m passengers pass through 2 busiest airports in 2023

Almost 35 million passengers travelled through Dublin and Cork Airport last year, new figures show.

Business • 24 Jan 24

Aer Lingus said it had decided to cease operations on the Dublin-Gatwick route following a review of its performance

Aer Lingus to end Dublin-Gatwick service from April

Aer Lingus is to end its service between Dublin Airport and London's Gatwick Airport at the end of March.

Business • 19 Jan 24

The move is the final part of a five year plan by airport operator daa.

Supermac's and Papa John's to open at Dublin Airport

Supermac's, Papa John's and Pret A Manger are among the new outlets set to open at Dublin Airport in the coming months.

Business • 10 Jan 24

Adriano from Australia was welcomed home by his son Luca and his wife Catherine from Co Antrim yesterday morning

Families reunited as airports set for busy Christmas

Dublin Airport's operator daa has said it expects today will be the busiest day for travel in the run-up to Christmas.

Ireland • 22 Dec 23

The daa plan envisions 40m passengers a year passing through Dublin Airport

Green TD criticises Dublin Airport expansion plans

The Green Party spokesperson on climate and transport has said aviation policy needs to change as he criticised major plans to expand Dublin Airport.

Ireland • 17 Dec 23

Dublin Airport handled 83% of all flights at the main five Irish airports in the third quarter of this year

Air passenger numbers in Q3 up 13% on last year

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that almost 1.4 million more passengers used Irish airports in the third quarter of this year compared to the same time last year.

Business • 15 Dec 23

Third parties will be able to lodge submissions over a five week period

daa to lodge infrastructure planning application

The operator of Dublin Airport, daa, is aiming to lodge its much anticipated Infrastructure Application for a wide range of improvements at Dublin Airport to enable the airport to grow to 40m passengers per annum this Friday.

Business • 12 Dec 23

Fingal County Council has approved Ryanair's €40m plans to construct a new aircraft maintenance hangar at Dublin Airport

Council gives OK to Ryanair hangar at Dublin Airport

Fingal County Council has given the "lift-off" to Ryanair's €40m plans to construct a new state-of-the-art four bay aircraft maintenance hangar at Dublin Airport.

Business • 12 Dec 23

The peak Christmas travel period - Monday December 18 and Friday January 6 - will see more than 75,000 passengers pass through Dublin Airport every day

1.5m passengers expected at Dublin Airport at Christmas

Dublin Airport is set to see around 1.5 million passengers travel through its two terminals over the Christmas period.

Business • 12 Dec 23

The new north runway opened in August of last year

Warning of economic impact if runway restrictions stay

If planning restrictions on Dublin airport's €320m North Runway are not removed, the Irish economy will lose out on a positive economic impact of €262m in 2024.

Business • 30 Nov 23

It is illegal to fly drones within five kilometres of the airport

Two men in court over flying drones near Dublin Airport

A judge has granted the Director of Public Prosecutions another two months to complete the trial book of evidence for a man who denies using a drone that interfered with the operation of Dublin Airport.

Courts • 06 Nov 23

2.8 million passengers passed through Dublin Airport last month, an increase of 4% on the same time last year

Dublin and Cork airport see 3m passengers in October

The country's two busiest airports - Dublin and Cork - saw more than three million passengers in October, new figures from airport operator daa show today.

Business • 03 Nov 23

Aer Lingus CEO Lynne Embleton with Emerald Airlines CEO Conor McCarthy

Emerald boss says Dublin Airport cap must be increased

Executive chairman of Emerald Airlines Conor McCarthy has said the delays to approving a larger passenger cap at Dublin Airport "make no sense whatsoever".

Business • 02 Nov 23

JetBlue to launch Dublin to New York, Boston services

JetBlue is to begin daily services between Dublin and New York and Dublin and Boston from March 2024.

Business • 25 Oct 23