Bank holiday travellers passing through Dublin Airport were today warned to give themselves extra time when checking in.
More than 350,000 passengers are expected to travel through the capital’s airport over the next four days, a 3 per cent rise on last year.
Over 2,400 flights will arrive and depart between today and Monday, including 240 charter flights, which have been added to the normal schedule.
Passengers should arrive at their check-in desk at least 90 minutes before their flight departure time and allow a further 30 minutes if they are using one of the long-term car parks.
Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) also reminded customers that the departures road is a passenger drop-off area only, with clamping and tow-away procedures in place. Customers picking passengers up are urged to use the short-term car park.
Customer care teams will be working throughout the terminal building to give advice on EU liquid restrictions and assist airlines in managing their queues at check-in.
Latest figures have revealed that passenger numbers soared past 11.3 million for the first six months of the year, equating to an average of almost 3,000 extra passengers every day.
Passenger growth was recorded on all route sectors with more than 5.7 million passengers travelling to/from continental Europe (up 48 per cent), 4.2 million passengers travelling to/from the UK (up 8 per cent), and domestic traffic growing by 3 per cent in the first six months, with just over 450,000.
Meanwhile, more than 820,000 passengers travelled State-side, recording a 36 per cent increase over the same period last year.
A DAA spokesperson said: “While traffic continued to grow strongly during the first six months, the DAA is fully aware of the impact of the current economic environment on its airline customers and passengers.
“In this context, and at this stage of the year, it is difficult to predict full-year patterns, but the DAA is confident that overall passenger volumes will continue to grow at Dublin Airport during 2008.”
PA