2% decline in Dublin Airport passenger numbers

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

The DAA said the dip was due to continued contraction of domestic air travel and a reduction on a number of European routes.

However, when domestic traffic was removed, the reduction was just 0.7%.

Meanwhile passenger volumes to and from continental Europe declined by 3%, while transatlantic numbers rose by 7% in the same period.