Passenger traffic at Dublin Airport growing

Passenger traffic at Dublin Airport grew by 8% in September to just over 2 million people.

Traffic volumes to and from continental Europe increased by 5% to just under 1.1 million.

Almost 660,000 passengers travelled to UK destinations during the month – an increase of 7% on September 2013.

Transatlantic traffic to North America increased by 20% to just under 240,000 people.

Almost 60,000 passengers travelled to the Middle East and North Africa, an increase of 33% on the same month last year.

The number of passengers taking domestic flights declined by 9% to almost 7,000 people.

So far this year, more than 16.6 million passengers have travelled through Dublin Airport - 7% up on the same period in 2013.