Airport operator daa has confirmed that the record high passenger levels seen at both Dublin and Cork Airports in July were the result of strong incoming tourist numbers as well as the usual high numbers of Irish holidaymakers flying off to summer hotspots.
Latest monthly daa operational figures show Dublin saw 3.75 million passengers pass through its two terminals, last month, while Cork saw 378,000 people pass through its doors. Those numbers represented respective year-on-year growth levels of 7% and 15%. Dublin Airport actually welcomed more than 100,000 passengers each day in July.
According to daa CEO Kenny Jacobs: “Demand to fly in and out of Dublin Airport has never been higher and the record numbers in July included a strong flow of tourists and visitors from overseas and also Irish residents heading abroad for their annual summer break. The big numbers travelling in June and July mean we are revising upwards our expected total passenger number for the year, and we now forecast that around 36.2 million passengers will have used Dublin Airport by year-end.”
Numbers passing through Dublin Airport during the peak summer months of June, July and August are on track to exceed 11 million, with the airport having welcomed a total of 7.3 million passengers in June and July combined.
