Dublin Airport Information

Dublin Airport is well known for its fabulous outdoor shopping facilities, called ‘The Street’. It’s a great place to pick up a last minute pre or post-holiday bargain and there are more than 25 shops, bars and cafes to explore. They even offer ‘Travel Value’ savings. This is an airport with attitude. The Dublin Airport Authority, or DAA, manages this and sister airports Cork and Shannon, and big plans are afoot. The Transforming Dublin Airport project involves massive investments into improving, expanding and modernising Dublin Airport, to the tune of a cool 2 billion Euros. Wow. In the past, Dublin might not have been the best airport in Eire, but these days they’ve got their finger right back on the pulse.

 

Dublin Airport offers travellers good facilities for left luggage and there’s a handy lost property office with helpful staff. They’re hot on offering help to people with reduced mobility, and it is known for being a friendly place. Dublin Airport’s ten year improvement plan is already bearing fruit. Their convenient new lower ground floor level check in – Area 14 – is getting great reviews since opening in ’07. And the smart new boarding facility, Pier D, which opened in October ’07, is also proving popular. Dublin Airport’s brand new Terminal 2 will open in April 2010, allowing a staggering 35 million passengers to pass through easily and fast every year.

Dublin Airport’s Transforming the Airport programme claims to put the passenger first and they appear to be fulfilling expectations. The new bits are a pleasure and the original bits are improving fast. With passenger numbers doubling in the last decade, expansion was inevitable. During 2007 Dublin Airport safely processed over 23 million people. Today, they’re Europe’s eighth biggest for international flights. So, things are on the up at Dublin. Keep up to date - use directline-flights to search for airlines offering flights from Dublin Airport. For clear directions to Dublin Airport and a summary of public transport to Dublin Airport, explore our Dublin Airport pages.