More than 2.2 million passengers used Dublin Airport in April, a 10% increase on the same period last year.
Passenger volumes to and from Continental Europe increased by 9% with over 1.1 million passengers travelling this route sector in April. UK traffic increased by 11% as almost 812,000 passengers travelled to and from the UK last month.
Transatlantic passenger volumes grew by 19% with almost 196,000 passengers travelling to and from North America in April. Other international traffic, predominantly to the Middle East, declined by 6% as almost 58,000 passengers travelled to and from these destinations in April.
Domestic traffic rose by 16% with over 7,500 passengers travelling on domestic routes in April.
The number of passengers using Dublin Airport as a hub to connect to another destination increased by 31% with almost 66,000 passengers connecting through Dublin Airport last month.
Almost 7.8 million passengers have travelled through Dublin Airport in the first four months of this year, a 15% increase over the same period last year.
Dublin Airport has welcomed over 1 million additional passengers so far this year.
