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Why choose Dublin Airport?

The growth in tourism and the success of the Irish economy has seen a large growth in air travel in Ireland, in which Dublin airport has driven this growth. Dublin Airport has experienced over 8% compound growth year-on-year since 1999 and currently has 77% market share of air travel in Ireland.

Irish Air Travel Passengers 1999-2007 (in Millions)

Year
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Dublin Airport 12.0 13.0 13.5 14.3 15.1 16.4 17.7 20.3 22.3
Other Irish Airports 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.7 4.2 4.5 5.9 6.2 6.7
Total Republic of Ireland 15.0 16.4 17.0 18.0 19.3 20.9 23.6 26.5 29.0

Note: Dublin figure only include international terminal passengers
Source: Dublin Airport Authority & Bord Failte

The number of scheduled routes from Dublin Airport has increased with this passenger growth over the last number of years. The table below shows the number of scheduled routes served at Dublin Airport since 1999.

Dublin Airport Scheduled Routes 1999-2007

Year
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Number of Routes 62 66 73 74 84 104 122 142 159

The growing number of routes from Dublin Airport is set to continue in 2008 with 13 new routes announced already.