Dublin Airport passenger numbers up 11%

More than one and a half million people passed through Dublin Airport in November, an 11% increase over the same month last year, according to the Dublin Airport Authority.

Passenger volumes to/from continental Europe rose by 22% with more than 755,000 passengers travelling to European destinations last month.

UK traffic remained level with more than 710,000 passengers travelling between Dublin and the UK.

The number of passengers travelling on domestic routes rose by 2% to almost 80,000 passengers while passenger volumes to/from North America increased by 33% to 142,000 passengers.

Other international passenger traffic to the Middle-East (Dubai and Abu Dhabi), northern Africa (Sharm El Sheik) and South Africa (Capetown) rose by 30% with more than 20,000 passengers travelling to those destinations.