Millions more seats on flights may be made available for travel out of Dublin airport next summer.
Staff shortages caused chaotic scenes last May when pandemic restrictions were lifted.
A hiring blitz at Dublin airport last week resulted in 500 new hires.
A new report from Airport Coordination Limited (ACL), shows that as many as 30.1 million seats could be available out of Dublin next summer. This would be an increase of 4.4 million compared to the previous year.
Ryanair could have an additional 1.68 million, for a total of almost 12.9 million, with Aer Lingus offering 788,000 more available seats, bringing its total to almost 8.8 million.
Conor McCarthy’s Emerald Airlines, which operates the Aer Lingus regional service, also looks set to considerably boost its operations out of Dublin next summer.
Dublin Airport could also re-establish a direct link with Asia next summer, with China’s Hainan Airlines considering a restart of its service to Beijing.
However, with China still introducing lockdowns due to continuing Covid outbreaks, Hainan is unlikely to make a final decision on its Dublin service until the last minute.
