Over half a million passengers set to travel through Dublin Airport this weekend
Between Friday (August 1) and Monday (August 4), around 505,000 passengers are forecast to pass through Dublin Airport as its busiest ever summer continues.
The busiest days in the period are likely to be Friday and Sunday, when as many as 130,000 passengers per day are forecast to travel through. This will include many tens of thousands of tourists coming to Ireland for trips that will see them travel to and spend money in all 32 counties on the island.
The departure gates will also be buzzing as the busy summer holiday season continues. Passengers departing this weekend are advised to be at the airport two hours before a short-haul flight and three hours before a long-haul flight.
Dublin Airport spokesperson Graeme McQueen said: "The summer is going great at Dublin Airport with the team here working hard to put smiles on the faces of the record number of passengers travelling.
'We're welcoming more than 120,000 passengers every day and that's set to continue through August and into September too as domestic demand to travel overseas, combined with strong inward tourist numbers, remains really high. Dublin Airport (stock) (Image: Getty)
'Passengers are loving the continuous improvements we're rolling out in the terminals - from the great new food and drink outlets such as the San Marco Italian restaurant in Terminal 1 to the new kids play areas located on every departure pier - and these, combined with our relentless focus on cleanliness and safe and quick security screening, are ensuring a positive passenger experience this summer.
"The August bank holiday is always one of the busiest weekends for us and this year will be no different. There's lots going on in Ireland this weekend to entice people here, including the Rush Air Show, which Dublin Airport is proud to be partnered with, as well as the all-Ireland women's football final in Croke Park."
'The departure gates are set to be busy too and it's not just sun-seekers heading off to the usual hotspots like Portugal and Spain, but this weekend will once again see Oasis t-shirts galore heading to the UK for the biggest concerts of the summer, while the start of the new UK football season will bring plenty of colour to the terminals over the coming weekends," added McQueen.
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