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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Darragh Berry

Record May for Dublin Airport as travel hub sees three million passengers pass through

Dublin Airport has announced that three million passengers travelled through it in May - a new record for the travel hub.

There was a 4% increase in those passing through the airport in May 2019 compared to the same month in 2018, making it a new May record.

More than 1.6 million passengers travelled to European destinations from the capital last month, Dublin Live reports.

As well as this, more than 884,000 passengers flew back and forth from UK destinations in May, a 2% increase compared to 2018.

Transatlantic traffic to and from North America increased by 8% last month with 412,500 passengers travelling on this route.

There was a 5% increase in traffic to the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions too - 72,600 passengers travelled on these routes during May.

In 2019 so far, 12.3 million passengers have travelled through Dublin Airport, which is a year-on-year increase of 7%, meaning the airport has welcomed 764,000 extra passengers between January and May.

This comes as Ryanair announced that it was launching a new route to one of the most "beautiful" cities in the world from the capital.

The budget airline has announced a new route from Dublin to Marseille as part of its summer 2020 schedule.

The new route to the French city will run three times a week.

Vincent Harrison, Dublin Airport managing director, said: “Marseille is a beautiful city with it famous old port and is a fantastic addition to our routes and services.

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