December 30, 2024
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Passengers at Dublin Airport devoured a full Irish breakfast every minute on average during 2024, according to new end-of-year figures released today by airport operator daa.
Washing them down wasn't a problem, with daa's stats showing that the airport's cafes served up more than 2.5 million cups of tea and coffee during the year to passengers - equating to a cup of tea or coffee being poured in Dublin Airport every 12 seconds.
The bars in Dublin Airport were also busy, selling more than 1.5 million pints of Guinness this year to passengers.
The top-selling crisp sold in the airport this year was Ireland's old favourite - Tayto, with more than 500,000 packets sold over the past 12 months.
When it comes to chocolate, Toblerone is the out-and-out favourite of passengers, with a taste-bud tingling 72 tonnes of Toblerone having been sold this year - the equivalent of 72 family cars.
Dublin Airport has experienced a record year in 2024, with each of the first 11 months of the year seeing record numbers going through its terminals. daa will release final end-of-year passenger numbers in January.
More than 171 days this year have seen more than 100,000 passengers move through Dublin Airport. The airport will be 85 years old in January and when it first opened in 1940, it was built to accommodate 100,000 passengers per year.
According to Graeme McQueen, Media Relations Manager at daa: "A total of 550 wedding and engagement rings were handed in to the airport's lost and found department this year. More than 100 of those rings remain unclaimed, including many engagement rings. Did they ever get married? I guess we'll never know! As always, the year saw some very random items being left behind and the award for most peculiar this year goes to the passenger who left a golf bag with a full set of clubs inside sitting on the Departures Road. We thought they'd possibly just had a bad round and decided to ditch the game, but alas they swung back to the airport a few days later to collect them.
"It's been a busy year at Dublin Airport and we're delighted to see our passenger satisfaction ratings at an all-time high following the rollout of a string of improvements in the terminals over the past 12 months. Passengers are loving the new food and drink outlets that we've added such as Supermac's and Fruitality in Terminal 2 and the bigger and better Butler's Cafe in Terminal 1. The new Grafton Barber outlet in T1 is also proving a hit with passengers and staff, while new innovations like our Drop & Go parking service are really popular too. The great news for passengers is that we've even more improvements coming soon in both terminals to make their experience even better in 2025 - and we'll be announcing details of those very soon, including more great new food and drink outlets," added McQueen.
Lost Property
Almost 19,000 items were handed in to the airport's lost and found department in 2024, with more than half of the items handed in (56%) were returned to the owner.
The item most commonly in the terminals and surrounding campus was luggage with more than 2,300 bags handed in. More than 1,000 mobile phones were also handed in, as well as 750 sets of keys. Another commonly misplaced item in the airport during 2024 were laptops, with more than 550 recovered this year.
The most commonly lost items in the airport in 2024 were:
Washing them down wasn't a problem, with daa's stats showing that the airport's cafes served up more than 2.5 million cups of tea and coffee during the year to passengers - equating to a cup of tea or coffee being poured in Dublin Airport every 12 seconds.
The bars in Dublin Airport were also busy, selling more than 1.5 million pints of Guinness this year to passengers.
The top-selling crisp sold in the airport this year was Ireland's old favourite - Tayto, with more than 500,000 packets sold over the past 12 months.
When it comes to chocolate, Toblerone is the out-and-out favourite of passengers, with a taste-bud tingling 72 tonnes of Toblerone having been sold this year - the equivalent of 72 family cars.
Dublin Airport has experienced a record year in 2024, with each of the first 11 months of the year seeing record numbers going through its terminals. daa will release final end-of-year passenger numbers in January.
More than 171 days this year have seen more than 100,000 passengers move through Dublin Airport. The airport will be 85 years old in January and when it first opened in 1940, it was built to accommodate 100,000 passengers per year.
According to Graeme McQueen, Media Relations Manager at daa: "A total of 550 wedding and engagement rings were handed in to the airport's lost and found department this year. More than 100 of those rings remain unclaimed, including many engagement rings. Did they ever get married? I guess we'll never know! As always, the year saw some very random items being left behind and the award for most peculiar this year goes to the passenger who left a golf bag with a full set of clubs inside sitting on the Departures Road. We thought they'd possibly just had a bad round and decided to ditch the game, but alas they swung back to the airport a few days later to collect them.
"It's been a busy year at Dublin Airport and we're delighted to see our passenger satisfaction ratings at an all-time high following the rollout of a string of improvements in the terminals over the past 12 months. Passengers are loving the new food and drink outlets that we've added such as Supermac's and Fruitality in Terminal 2 and the bigger and better Butler's Cafe in Terminal 1. The new Grafton Barber outlet in T1 is also proving a hit with passengers and staff, while new innovations like our Drop & Go parking service are really popular too. The great news for passengers is that we've even more improvements coming soon in both terminals to make their experience even better in 2025 - and we'll be announcing details of those very soon, including more great new food and drink outlets," added McQueen.
Lost Property
Almost 19,000 items were handed in to the airport's lost and found department in 2024, with more than half of the items handed in (56%) were returned to the owner.
The item most commonly in the terminals and surrounding campus was luggage with more than 2,300 bags handed in. More than 1,000 mobile phones were also handed in, as well as 750 sets of keys. Another commonly misplaced item in the airport during 2024 were laptops, with more than 550 recovered this year.
The most commonly lost items in the airport in 2024 were:
1. Bags/luggage
2. Passport/National identity cards
3. Mobile phones
4. Sets of keys
5. Laptops
6. Rings
7. Sunglasses
8. Driver's licences
9. Reading Glasses
10. Toys
About Lost & Found:
Dublin Airport's lost and found department is operated by the airport's Airport Police team, with all items handed in being listed on the Dublin Airport website. Items not claimed after six months are auctioned off, with all proceeds going to charity.
The airport's lost and found department only handles items left in the airport - with any items left behind on aircraft being handled by the airline. The Airport Police team were also first responders to more than 3,000 medical incidents during the year.
Lost property can be collected from the Airport Police Public Office, located in the Airport Police Station, Arrivals level of Terminal 1. Opening hours are: 10am-6.30pm Monday to Saturday and 10am-2.30pm on Sundays.
