Dublin Airport Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath
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Dublin Airport Terminal 1 (background) and Terminal 2 (foreground)
IATA: DUB – ICAO: EIDW
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Government of Ireland
Operator		Dublin Airport Authority
Serves		Dublin
Location		Fingal, Ireland
Hub for		Aer Lingus Aer Lingus Regional Air Contractors CityJet Orbest Orizonia Airlines Ryanair Thomson Airways
Elevation AMSL		242 ft / 74 m
Coordinates		53°25′17″N 006°16′12″W / 53.42139°N 6.27°W / 53.42139; -6.27Coordinates: 53°25′17″N 006°16′12″W / 53.42139°N 6.27°W / 53.42139; -6.27
Website		www.dublinairport.com
Map
DUB Location within Ireland
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
10/28	2,637	8,652	Concrete
16/34	2,072	6,798	Asphalt
11/29	1,339	4,393	Asphalt/concrete
Statistics (2011+2010)
Passengers			18,741,095
Passenger change 10-11			1.7% (2,011)
Aircraft movements			154,457
Movements change 10-11			0.9% (2,011)
Source: Irish AIS[1] Statistics[2]

Dublin Airport, (Irish: Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath) (IATA: DUB, ICAO: EIDW), is operated by the Dublin Airport Authority.^[3] It is located in Collinstown, in the county of Fingal, Ireland. In 2011, 18.8 million passengers passed through the airport,^[2] making it the busiest of the state's airports by total passenger traffic, followed by Cork Airport and Shannon Airport. It also has the greatest traffic levels on the island of Ireland followed by Belfast International Airport, George Best Belfast City Airport, Cork and Shannon.

The airport is located 5.4 NM (10.0 km; 6.2 mi) ^[1] north of Dublin city in a once-rural area near Swords. It is served by buses and taxis. Plans to connect the airport to Swords and Dublin city centre via a rapid transit line (Metro North), have been postponed by the Government.

Dublin Airport is the headquarters of Ireland's flag carrier (Aer Lingus), Europe's largest low-cost carrier (Ryanair) and Ireland's regional airline (Aer Arann). Ireland's fourth airline, CityJet, operates flights from the airport and its HQ is located in the nearby town of Swords.

The airport has an extensive short and medium haul network, served by an array of carriers. Domestic services are offered to some regional Irish airports. There are approximately 50 daily departures from Dublin to all six London airports (Stansted, Luton, Gatwick, Heathrow, London City and Southend). There are over 40 daily departures to other UK Airports. There is also a reasonably sized long-haul network. Aer Lingus serves many popular US destinations, and has been able to add more thanks to the open skies deal. US legacy carriers also serve the airport from major US hubs. Etihad Airways operates a 10 times weekly service between the airport and Abu Dhabi and on 9 January 2012 Emirates began a daily direct service to Dubai.^[4]

United States border preclearance services are available at the airport for US-bound passengers, Dublin being one of only two European airports with this facility, along with Shannon.

History[link]

The beginnings in the 1930s and early 1940s[link]

The original international style passenger terminal, completed in 1940

In 1936 the Government of Ireland established a new civil airline, Aer Lingus, which began operating from the military aerodrome, Casement Aerodrome, at Baldonnel to the southwest of Dublin. A decision was made that a civil airport should replace Baldonnel as the city's airport. Collinstown, to the north of Dublin, was selected as the location for the new civil aerodrome. Collinstown's first association with aviation was as a British military air base during World War I, but was unused since 1922. Construction of the new airport began in 1937. By the end of 1939 a grass airfield surface, internal roads, car parks and electrical power and lighting were set up. The inaugural flight from Dublin took place on 19 January 1940 to Liverpool. In 1940 work began on a new airport terminal building. The terminal building was designed by architect Desmond FitzGerald, brother of politician Garret FitzGerald.^[5] It opened in early 1941, with its design heavily influenced by the bridges of the luxury ocean liners of the time. The terminal was awarded the Triennial Gold Medal of the Royal Hibernian Institute of Architects and is today a listed building.

Upon the outbreak of World War II, services were severely restricted at Dublin Airport until late 1945 and the only international scheduled route operated during this time was by Aer Lingus to Liverpool (and for a period to Manchester's Barton Aerodrome). Three new concrete runways were completed by 1947.

Expanding in the 1950s[link]

Throughout the 1950s Dublin Airport expanded with virtually uninterrupted traffic growth. Runway extensions and terminal enhancements were carried out to deal with the influx of traffic and passengers. New airlines began serving the airport also. These included British European Airways, Sabena and BKS. In 1958 a new transatlantic service was started by Aer Lingus via Shannon Airport. During the 1960s the number of scheduled carriers continued to grow and aircraft continued to evolve with technological advancement. By the close of the 1960s, a sizeable number of Boeing 737s, BAC One-Elevens, Boeing 707s, and Hawker Siddeley Tridents were using the airport on a regular basis. During 1969, it handled 1,737,151 passengers.

The advent of wide-body aircraft posed opportunities and challenges for aviation. In 1971, Aer Lingus took delivery of two new Boeing 747 aircraft; the first one arrived in March and, shortly afterwards, performed a flyover above O'Connell Street in Dublin on Saint Patrick's Day; a third Boeing 747 was delivered later that decade. To cope with this, a new passenger terminal capable of handling five million passengers per year was opened in 1972. The growth which was anticipated at the airport (and provided for through heavy investment by the airport and Aer Lingus) during the 1970s did not materialise immediately.

Two of the airport's largest operators side-by-side, a Ryanair BAC 1-11 (front) and an Aer Lingus Boeing 737 (rear) in 1993

Continuing in the 1980s[link]

In 1983 Aer Lingus opened its 'Aer Lingus Commuter' division which took delivery of Shorts, Saab AB, and Fokker turboprop aircraft to open regular daily domestic services to and from Ireland's smaller regional airports for the first time, as well as to serve existing routes to smaller regional airports in the United Kingdom. At various stages of its operations, flights were operated to several Irish regional airports to feed passengers into Aer Lingus's international network. These domestic destinations included Cork Airport, Shannon Airport, Kerry Airport, Galway Airport, Ireland West Airport Knock, Waterford Airport, Sligo Airport, and City of Derry Airport in Northern Ireland. Aer Lingus Commuter has since been re-absorbed into the main company. The domestic routes, with the exception of Dublin-Shannon, were taken over by Aer Arann, including the route to Derry in Northern Ireland; most of these routes have since been ceased. Aer Lingus has continued with the remaining Dublin–UK flights.

During the 1980s, major competition, especially on the Dublin–London routes, resulted in passenger numbers swelling to 5.1 million in 1989. In the same year a new 8,650 ft (2,640 m) runway and a state-of-the-art air traffic control centre were opened. Dublin Airport continued to expand rapidly in the 1990s. Pier A, which had been the first extension to the old terminal building, was significantly extended. A new Pier C, complete with air bridges, was built and as soon as this was completed, work commenced to extend it to double its capacity. The ground floor of the original terminal building, which is today a listed building, was returned to passenger service after many years to provide additional departure gates. Pier D, completed in October 2007, is a dedicated low-fares boarding area and provides 14 quick turn-around stands and departure gates; these are not served by air bridges.

The Bilateral Air Transport Agreement[link]

In 1993, a major milestone for the airport was the signing of a new United States – Ireland bilateral agreement which allowed airlines to operate some direct transatlantic services for the first time to/from Dublin Airport instead of touching down en route at Shannon Airport on the west coast of Ireland (Shannon had once been a major transatlantic refuelling stop for pre-jet aircraft, and this agreement was designed to protect the interests of the Shannon region when modern jets no longer required a refuelling stop and Shannon saw a fall-off in traffic). Airlines still had to provide an equal number of flights either to or through Shannon as to Dublin. A gradual further watering down of Shannon's so-called 'stopover' status came into effect in November 2006 when more direct flights to Dublin were allowed. The stopover requirement disappeared completely in 2008. At that time, airlines were allowed to fly direct to the US from Dublin without having to match these with any to/from Shannon. It was expected that this will result in a huge increase in services between Dublin and the US, and Aer Lingus has identified 16 destinations that it would like to serve direct from Dublin.

Recent history[link]

Aer Lingus's Self check-in at Dublin Airport

With the success of Ireland's 'Celtic Tiger' economy, Dublin Airport has seen growth in the 1990s and 2000s. This demand has been driven by an increased demand for business travel to and from the country, together with an increase in inward tourism, and a surge in demand for foreign holidays and city breaks from the Irish, who are now one of the wealthiest populations in the world. In January 2006, the number of trips abroad taken by the Irish outnumbered the number of inbound trips for the first time since records began. Christmas shopping weekends in New York City have increased in popularity (although London is still the top destination from Dublin). A further source of demand has been for flights to holiday homes and investment properties which have been snapped up by the property-hungry Irish across southern European holiday hotspots, the emerging economies of Eastern Europe, and beyond.

Finally, the demand from Ireland's migrant workers, principally those from Eastern Europe, has resulted in a large number of new routes opening to destinations in the European Union accession states. Ireland was one of only three European Union countries (as well as the United Kingdom and Sweden) to open its borders freely to workers from the ten accession states that joined the European Union in 2004. This resulted in hundreds of thousands of people moving to Ireland from these countries since then.

The airport has seen significant declines in traffic in 2009 and 2010.

Long-haul traffic[link]

The DAA (Dublin Airport Authority) has ambitious long-haul expansion plans and has successfully added new routes to North America and the Middle East in recent years. It has yet to secure a direct route to East Asia. Like most airports, the effects of the September 11, 2001 attacks affected transatlantic traffic but this has since recovered to record levels.

In 2005 Gulf Air launched a direct route to Bahrain in the Middle East. This was followed by Aer Lingus's service to Dubai in March 2006, and Etihad Airways service to Abu Dhabi in July 2007. Despite reportedly high loads, the Gulf Air service to Bahrain was cancelled in July 2007 as part of a broad restructuring plan of the airline. This move prompted Etihad Airways to bring forward the start date of its Abu Dhabi service by a number of months, and Etihad's Dublin route has proved to be a success with further frequencies planned. The DAA announced as far back as the late 1990s that it would like to add a route to East Asia, however this has yet to materialise and Aer Lingus's poorly performing route to Dubai was dropped at the end of March 2008.,^[6] however the introduction of services to Asia remains part of Aer Lingus' long term plans. Both Etihad Airways and Emirates provide direct service to the Gulf area with routes to Abu Dhabi and Dubai respectively.

In February 2010, United Arab Emirates airline Etihad Airways announced an increase in services to Dublin from Abu Dhabi which means that from 28 March 2010 twice-daily flights are available on Thursdays, Saturdays & Sundays with a once-daily service on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.^[7]

In September 2010, US Airways announced that it will commence daily direct services from Dublin to Charlotte in North Carolina from May 2011. It will be a summer seasonal route running until September.^[8]

In September 2011, Emirates announced that from 9 January 2012 it would begin a new daily direct service to Dubai, which will be year-round and will operate from the new Terminal 2.^[4]

Open Skies and the Shannon Stopover[link]

In the mid twentieth century, the Irish government introduced a rule stating that all air traffic between Ireland and the United States must transit through Shannon airport. In return, the United States government placed a limit of four airports in the U.S. that Aer Lingus could operate to. On 22 March 2007, the Open Skies agreement between the U.S. and EU was ratified. This resulted in the immediate cancellation of the long-running 'Shannon Stopover' requirement whereby the Irish government insisted that 50% of all transatlantic flights between Ireland and the United States must pass through Shannon Airport.

US border preclearance[link]

Dublin Airport is one of only two airports outside of North America with United States border preclearance services for U.S.-bound passengers (the other being Shannon Airport). It allows passengers to have their paperwork dealt with before departure saving time upon arrival in the United States.

Aer Rianta and Dublin Airport Authority[link]

Dublin Airport Authority headquarters at Dublin Airport

In October 2004, Aer Rianta (which means 'Air Ways' or 'Air Tracks' in Irish) was renamed as the Dublin Airport Authority plc, following the State Airports Act 2004. All assets and liabilities previously owned by Aer Rianta were transferred to Dublin Airport Authority. The State Airports Act 2004 also established new airport authorities at Shannon and Cork Airports. The Shannon Airport Authority plc and the Cork Airport Authority have separate boards of directors and have been authorised under the Act to prepare business plans, which may in time lead to their full separation from the Dublin Airport Authority.

As the largest gateway to Ireland, over 21.1 million passengers travelled through the airport in 2006, a 2.7 million (or 15%) increase over 2005. The main contributors to the growth in traffic in 2005 were the airport's routes to continental Europe (particularly Poland and the Baltic region), North America, and the Middle East. Domestic and UK traffic had showed a small decline in 2005, but grew by 25% and 4% respectively in 2006. The decline in 2005 was due to a reduction in connecting traffic between Ireland's regional airports and the UK. This was as a result of a growing direct network of routes between those airports and the UK and continental Europe, dispensing with the need to transit at Dublin. But the organic demand at Dublin resulted in a net increase in those markets in 2006. Dublin Airport also welcomes over one million passengers per annum from across the border in Northern Ireland, whose largest airport is less than a quarter the size of Dublin in terms of passenger numbers.

Passenger terminals[link]

Terminal 1[link]

Terminal 1 departures level

The current Terminal 1 building originally opened in 1972, and was initially designed to handle five million passengers per year. The original design included a second pier which would have been identical to the current decagon-shaped boarding pier B, but this was never built. A car park was originally located on the upper floor of the building, and the access ramps are still in place but it was closed for security reasons in the 1970s and converted into offices. Terminal 1 has been regularly extended and improved over the last two decades. In October 2007, a new pier designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill,^[9] who also designed graphics for its interior, was opened to the north of terminal 1.^[10] This pier caters for the majority of Ryanair flights. In 2009, a new extension featuring new food and retail outlets was added to the side of Terminal 1. Terminal 1 is currently home to all short haul flights, except those of Aer Lingus.

Terminal 2[link]

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 is a 75,000 m² (810,000 sq ft) terminal and pier (pier E) which provides 19 air bridges for aircraft and is capable of handling 15 million passengers annually, thereby allowing the airport to handle 35 million passengers a year. The project was designed by Pascal+Watson architects and the total cost is put at €600 million. Another pier (Pier F) is planned to be built to the south of Terminal 2 when required. The majority of long-haul carriers have moved to Terminal 2,^[11] including Aer Lingus, which has relocated all its mainline operations, with the exception of flights operated by Aer Lingus Regional. Terminal 2 also features a new US pre-clearance immigration facility. Construction of Terminal 2 began on 1 October 2007, and was officially opened on November 19, 2010.^[12] When the project was commissioned, it seemed like a reasonable investment.^[13] But after the opening, the project has been subject to significant criticism, as it has opened at a time when air traffic at Dublin airport has been subject to significant declines. Currently the following airlines are operating from Terminal 2 in Dublin Airport: Aer Lingus, American Airlines, Emirates, Etihad Airways, United, US Airways and Delta.^[14]

Safety & Security[link]

The DAA has a statutory responsibility to operate Dublin Airport to the highest international standards and to meet all relevant legislation, so to this regard the DAA has its own Airport Police Service which provide the Airport with its own dedicated police force.

The Airport Police deal with everything as varied from public order incidents to bomb threats, lost property & enforcing airport speed limits. The Airport Police station is centrally located on the Arrivals road between Terminal 1 & 2. The airport also features its own Airport Fire & Rescue Service which provide cover to the entire campus its roadways & lands. The fire service respond to all aircraft incidents, domestic fires, medical emergencies & road traffic collisions.

The Office of the Revenue Commissioners provide a customs service to both passenger & cargo terminals, while the Department Of Agriculture also has a presence in the airport. Garda Síochána (GNIB) has a responsibility to provide an Immigration service to all arriving passengers into the airport. The Gardai also has a small sub-station located beside the old terminal.

Maintenance facilities[link]

Aer Lingus, Ryanair, CityJet, Eirtech and Dublin Aerospace have aircraft maintenance hangars and facilities at Dublin Airport. In 2010 Etihad Airways announced a new maintenance hangar which will handle the Airbus A330-200 which the airline uses on their route from Dublin. In time the airline will allow other airlines to use this facility.^[15]

Airport developments[link]

Capacity[link]

View of the Airport in 2008, prior to the construction of Terminal 2

Due to the growth experienced at Dublin Airport in recent years, the facility became congested. One part or another of the airport has been a building site for the past two decades. Despite the building works and extensions, it is widely accepted by the DAA that Terminal 1 and its infrastructure were insufficient to deal with the volume of passengers. Both the Irish Government and the DAA have come under pressure from airlines and passengers alike to once-and-for-all provide a realistic increase in capacity for the future. As a result, the DAA plan to invest €2 billion in a 10-year capital development programme to effectively double the size of the passenger facilities of Dublin Airport.^[16]

Criticism[link]

The plans for Terminal 2 have been met with ongoing criticism from those who argued that, once built, it could not be extended to provide any additional capacity, owing to its location. A third terminal, which is in the blueprint for the future of the airport, would most likely be located between the parallel runways.^[17]

The greatest objections continue to come from Ryanair.^[18][19][20] The no-frills carrier has long lobbied for Terminal 2 to be built as a low-cost facility, and run by a competing operator. They have even offered to build and operate such a facility. However, the Irish government decided that the DAA would build T2 and that its operation would be put out to tender. In March 2010 it was decided that T2 would be operated by the DAA as the other applicants did not meet the requirements for operating the terminal.

New air traffic control complex[link]

Planning is currently under way for a new air traffic control complex and control tower which will replace the existing structure. The new facility has been designed by Scott Tallon Walker architects. A planning application was submitted in August 2009.^[21] The new control tower will be 86.9 m (285 ft) in height. The new control tower is necessary because the construction of the future parallel runway will obstruct visibility of certain parts of the airport from the existing control tower.^[22]

New runway[link]

Main Apron seen from the air Pier C (centre, now replaced by Terminal 2) clearly visible with Cargo ramp and Ryanair Maintenance facilities.

A new runway measuring 3,110 m (10,203 ft) is planned to be built parallel to the existing runway 10/28, which opened in 1989. Detailed proposals and planning permission were submitted to Fingal County Council (under whose jurisdiction Dublin Airport lies) and approved in April 2006. An appeal to An Bord Pleanála (The Irish Planning Appeals Board), which determines appeals and other cases under the national planning acts, was heard in September 2006, and this resulted in the granting of permission in August 2007, with 31 planning conditions attached.

The new runway will replace runway 11/29 (which is no longer in use as a runway, and is used for aircraft parking) and will be built 1,690 m (5,545 ft) to the north of and parallel to the existing runway 10/28. The new runway will allow the airport to accommodate 30 million passengers per annum once in operation, and will be 3,110 m (10,203 ft) long.^[23] In March 2009 the DAA announced in a proposal for consultation that the new runway may be built to a length of 3,660 m (12,008 ft) following consultation with potential long-haul carriers. A runway of this length would allow direct flights from Dublin to the Far East.^[24]

In the meantime, the Authority has invested heavily in extending aprons and creating rapid exit taxiways to derive maximum efficiency from the existing main runway. Runway 11/29, the shortest and one of the oldest runways, is closed to allow overspill aircraft parking. This runway will disappear under the new parallel runway in due course.

However, in December 2008, the Dublin Airport Authority announced that it would postpone the construction of the new parallel runway by three to four years, on account of the need to cut costs and predictions of falling consumer demand for air travel. This is a result of the recent global financial crisis. ^[25]

Destinations Map[link]

Destinations map

Dublin Faro Lisbon Porto Madrid Santiago Santander Bilbao Seville Malaga Murcia Alicante Valencia Ibiza Palma Mahon Girona Barcelona Reus Oslo Rygge Stockholm Skavsta Helsinki Tallinn Riga Vilnius Kaunas Moscow Chișinău Bucharest Bacau Copenhagen Bourgas Plovdiv Dubrovnik Kerry Donegal Istanbul Izmir Antalya Dalaman Bodrum Larnaca Athens Corfu Zakynthos Heraklion Malta Budapest Catania Palermo Naples Rome-FCO Rome-CIA Pisa Alghero Bologna Turin Venice Verona Milan-MXP,LIN,BGY Geneva Zurich Paris-CDG Beauvais Rennes Nantes Tours La Rochelle Bordeaux Rodez Biarritz Pau Toulouse Carcassonne Perpignan Marseille Nice Lyon Brussels Charleroi Eindhoven Amsterdam Vienna Bratislava Prague Gdańsk Szczecin Bydgoszcz Poznań Wrocław Rzeszów Katowice Kraków Warsaw Modlin Berlin Hamburg Munich Memmingen Stuttgart Frankfurt Hahn Cologne/Bonn Düsseldorf Salzburg Enfidha Tel Aviv Aberdeen Edinburgh Glasgow Prestwick Newcastle Leeds/Brandford Blackpool Isle of Man Manchester Liverpool East-Midlands Birmingham Cardiff Bristol Exeter SOU City Stansted Southend Luton LHR Gatwick BOH Jersey Destinations in Europe, Tunisia & Israel Fuerteventura Gran Canaria Lanzarote Tenerife-South Destinations in Canary Islands Agadir Destinations in Morocco Sharm el-Sheikh Destinations in Egypt Dubai Abu Dhabi Destinations in United Arab Emirates Boston New York-JFK Newark Chicago-O'Hare Atlanta Charlotte Philadelphia Toronto-Pearson Montréal-Trudeau Orlando Washington-Dulles Destinations in North America & Canada

Airlines and destinations[link]

Aer Lingus Airbus A320 on stand

Aer Arann ATR42-300 taxis to runway 28

Europe Airpost Boeing 737-300 Landing runway 28

Lufthansa Airbus A320 on stand

US Airways Boeing 757 after take off

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 Landing runway 28

Notes

• ^1 : Air Moldova's service from Chișinău to Dublin will make a stop in Frankfurt. However, it will not have local traffic rights between Frankfurt and Dublin.^[28]

Cargo[link]

Statistics[link]

Passenger numbers[link]

Passenger numbers at Dublin Airport increased every year during the 10 years between 1998 and 2008, by an average of 10.2% per annum from around 11.6 million to over 23.4 million. Passenger numbers fell however during the subsequent two years to around 18.4 million in 2010.^[2]

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color:blue width:20
bar:1998 from:start till:11.641
bar:1999 from:start till:12.802
bar:2000 from:start till:13.843
bar:2001 from:start till:14.334
bar:2002 from:start till:15.085
bar:2003 from:start till:15.856
bar:2004 from:start till:17.138
bar:2005 from:start till:18.450
bar:2006 from:start till:21.196
bar:2007 from:start till:23.287
bar:2008 from:start till:23.467
bar:2009 from:start till:20.504
bar:2010 from:start till:18.431
color:darkblue
bar:2011 from:start till:18.741

Year	Passengers	Passengers Change YoY %
1998	11,641,100	-
1999	12,802,031	10.0
2000	13,843,528	08.1
2001	14,333,555	03.5
2002	15,084,667	05.2
2003	15,856,084	05.1
2004	17,138,373	08.1
2005	18,450,439	07.7
2006	21,196,382	14.9
2007	23,287,438	09.9
2008	23,466,711	00.8
2009	20,503,677	12.6
2010	18,431,064	10.1
2011	18,741,095	1.7
Sources: 1998-2001 - Aer Rianta[29] 2002-2005 - DAA[30] 2006-2010 - DAA[2]

Busiest routes[link]

20 busiest international routes at Dublin Airport (2011)

Rank	Airport	Passengers Handled	Carriers	% Change 2010/11
1	London Heathrow	1,556,565	Aer Lingus, BMI	4.1
2	London Gatwick	924,295	Aer Lingus, Ryanair	8.8
3	London Stansted	735,393	Ryanair	2.1
4	Paris-Charles de Gaulle	608,352	Aer Lingus, CityJet	3.8
5	Birmingham	540,078	Aer Lingus, Ryanair	0.2
6	Manchester	521,592	Aer Lingus, Ryanair	1.6
7	Amsterdam	466,933	Aer Lingus	5.8
8	Frankfurt	439,065	Aer Lingus, Lufthansa	2.0
9	New York JFK	433,783	Aer Lingus, Delta	7.1
10	Malaga	423,329	Aer Lingus, Ryanair, Thomson	6.7
11	Edinburgh	406,762	Aer Lingus, Ryanair	7.4
12	London Luton	325,394	Ryanair	16.2
13	Bristol	323,113	Aer Lingus Regional, Ryanair	16.8
14	Madrid	322,352	Aer Lingus, Iberia, Ryanair	3.1
15	Liverpool	308,992	Ryanair	7.3
16	Faro	298,898	Aer Lingus, Ryanair	4.1
17	Barcelona	279,277	Aer Lingus, Ryanair	27.3
18	Chicago O'Hare	254,771	Aer Lingus, American	1.4
19	Abu Dhabi	229,215	Etihad	13.9
20	Berlin Schönefeld	213,601	Aer Lingus, Ryanair	3.1
Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland) [31]