It looks like Dublin Airport is about to have its busiest year ever.
It has surpassed last year’s total number of passengers with seven weeks to spare and is heading for a recording-breaking year. It's on course to break its 2008 record of 23.5 million passengers.
Dublin Airport welcomed 21.71 million passengers in 2014 and by last Sunday, November 8, the airport had seen 21.96 million passengers pass through its doors this year.
Dublin Airport's Managing Director has been explaining the reason behind the growth in numbers. Vincent Harrison said "we’ve had 23 new routes this year and extra capacity on a large number of existing services."
"Every month since April has been a new record month for traffic at Dublin Airport and I’d like to thank our airline customers and our passengers for that additional business", he added.
Figures show Dublin Airport is one of the fastest-growing airports in Europe this year, as it is expanding its passenger traffic by more than twice the European average.
It's not just people flying, either. In total, about 15,700 people work in and around Dublin Airport for companies such as daa, airlines, ground handlers, retailers and hotels.
