MAIN DUBLIN AIRPORT NEWS

Open Skies to the USA

The recent EU-US Open Skies Agreement will see significant increases in Dublin-USA direct services. Already announced are Aer Lingus services to Washington, San Francisco and Orlando. More announcements from US based airlines are expected.

Middle Eastern Route Changes

Gulf Air is terminating Dublin-Bahrain service from Summer 2007 as part of systemwide cutbacks. Etihad Airways are commencing service four times a week from Dublin-Abu Dhabi in July 2007. Aer Lingus have increased Dublin-Dubai service it four flights per week.

Contineud Expansion at Dublin Airport for Ryanair

Ryanair will be operating more services than ever from Dublin to Europe in 2007
Services will operate to: Almeria, Seville, Vitoria, Billund, Rzeszow, Pula, Bologna, Malta, Trapani and Alghero

New Aer Lingus routes for Winter 07/08

Aer Lingus will offer service to new destinations Helsinki, Agadir, Funchal and Bucharest this winter. Aer Lingus will also be resuming service to Copenhagen.

Car Park Charges

Dublin Airport Authority car parking now costs EUR8.50 per day in the long term(remote) car parks and EUR3.00 per hour in the short term car park. Quick Park charge EUR7.50 per day/EUR1.00 per hour in their remote car park. Bewleys Hotel at the M1/M50 junction offer parking for EUR7.00 per day including free 24 hour airport shuttle.

Construction Update

Pier D, The new northern boarding pier, is expected to be completed in late 2007. The existing temporary facility will then be replaced by the new permanent Pier D

The new Area 14 baseement check in area has now been completed, and is expected to enter into service for the summer peak in 2007. Aer Lingus UK services will use this new checkin area

The Pier connecting Boarding area B to the main terminal has been renovated creating a new shopping area between the main shopping "street" and the B Boarding Gates.

The Food court on the mezzanine has now been partially taken airside greatly increasing the dining options once past security.

Hotel Changes

The original Dublin Airport Hotel has now changed ownership and is trading as the Clarion Hotel, part of the Choice Hotels group. The Great Southern Hotel is now trading under the Radisson SAS name following the sale of Great Southern Hotels by the DAA.

New Runway for Dublin?

Fingal Council recently granted planning permission for the construction of a new Northern Parallel Runway at Dublin Airport. The new runway will be on the North side of the Airport parallel to the existing main 10/28 Runway and will serve to improve capacity at Dublin Airport. This project is still only in the preliminary planning phases and faces considerable objections from local residents groups

Record Passenger Numbers

During 2006 21 million passengers travelled though Dublin Airport with nearly 200,000 aircraft movements.

Page Updated September 2007

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