Dublin Airport has recently said that it has introduced nearly 1.6 million extra seats across its route network for this winter season, a 12 percent increase in capacity compared to last year.
The airport also said that it will operate 14 new services at Dublin Airport for winter 2018. Four new services have been launched recently – with Laudamotion launching a service to Vienna, Aeroflot starting a new route to Moscow and Ryanair adding Frankfurt and Luxembourg to its route network from Dublin.
Further, 10 services which started during the summer season will also operate this winter schedule for the first time. Hainan Airlines will continue operating to Beijing, Cathay Pacific to Hong Kong, Icelandair to Reykjavik, Aer Lingus to Philadelphia and Seattle, and Ryanair continuing its services to Athens, Bari, Marrakesh, Santander and Paphos into the winter for the first time.
In addition, Norwegian will expand services to Stewart International in New York and Lufthansa has increased frequency on its Frankfurt route, the airport said.
‘This is set to be the busiest winter schedule ever at Dublin Airport offering significant additional choice for both business and leisure travellers. Whether you are looking for a city break, a winter sun destination or a trip further afield to the Asia Pacific region there are plenty of options to choose from,’ said Dublin Airport Managing Director Vincent Harrison.
‘We have been working closely with both existing and new airline customers to further strengthen our route network and provide greater choice and flexibility this winter,’ he added.
Dublin Airport added that the expansion of its route network will continue into next year as 16 new services have already been announced for 2019. ‘There is much to look forward to in 2019, with five long-haul destinations in North America to Calgary, Hamilton Toronto, Montreal, Minneapolis St. Paul and Dallas and 11 European short-haul routes planned for next year,’ according to Mr Harrison.
Dublin Airport has flights to almost 190 destinations in 43 countries, operated by 56 airlines. Passenger numbers have increased by 6% – 1.6 million – so far this year, with almost 27 million passengers using the airport between January and October, it said.
