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First flight takes off from new €320m Dublin Airport runway

First flight takes off from new €320m Dublin Airport runway — Ryanair flight FR1964 takes off from Dublin Airport’s new north runway (Brian Lawless/PA)

Wed, 24 Aug, 2022 - 14:03

Michelle Devane, PA

The first commercial flight has taken off from Dublin Airport’s new €320 million runway.

The 3.1 kilometre runway began operations at noon on Wednesday with the departure of a Ryanair flight to Eindhoven.

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