Dublin Airport Welcomed 3.4m Passengers In July

Almost 3.4 million passengers went through the terminal doors of Dublin Airport in July, with demand remaining very high this summer for overseas travel.

Numbers travelling through Dublin Airport in July were 1% higher than the same month last year and 4.5% higher than in June.

The busiest day at Dublin Airport during the month was Sunday, 28th of July when 122,300 passengers went through the airport’s two terminals.

Speaking of the continued high demand to fly from Dublin Airport, daa CEO Kenny Jacobs said: “July was our busiest ever month for passengers at Dublin Airport, which followed our busiest ever June. Demand to fly in and out of Dublin Airport has never been higher, both from passengers, including hundreds of thousands of families heading off on much-anticipated summer breaks, and also from airlines who are keen to add new routes and increase the frequency of existing services at Ireland’s national airport.

"Passenger demand to fly is higher at Irish airports than at other airports in Europe, with the latest Airports CounciI International (ACI) figures showing that passenger numbers across Europe only just recovered to pre-pandemic levels in the first half of this year. At Dublin Airport, passenger numbers have been back at pre-Covid levels for more than 12 months - and passenger numbers would be higher if not for the actions that daa is taking to reduce passengers in order to comply with planning.”

“Every day in July saw more than 100,000 passengers travelling through Dublin Airport. Our brilliant security team at Dublin Airport continue to deliver high standards for passengers, with 94% of all departing passengers getting through security screening in under 20 minutes in July. The month was not without its challenges for the team due to the Aer Lingus pilots’ strike, which brought disruption for some passengers, and also the CrowdStrike IT outage which was handled very well by the team at Dublin Airport to ensure minimal delays and only a small number of flight cancellations, while other airports around the world suffered much higher levels of disruption.

“August is going to be another busy month at both Dublin Airport, with forecasts suggesting that the number of passengers passing through Dublin Airport’s two terminals could be as much as 5% higher than August 2023. As well as holiday traffic, we’re seeing strong demand for business customers and also from tourists flying in from all over the world," he added.