The number of passengers who travelled through Dublin Airport rose by 1.1% in April compared to the same month last year.
Airport operator daa said a total of 3.11 million passengers travelled through Dublin Airport last month on the back of a busy Easter weekend.
April marked the 13th consecutive month of growth in passenger numbers at Dublin Airport.
Dublin Airport handled a total of 10.8 million passenger in the first four months of the year – around 860,000 higher than the same time last year.
In total, daa said that 21 of the 30 days in April saw more than 100,000 passengers travelling through the airport.
The busiest day in the month was Sunday 12 April with 118,800 passengers.
Dublin Airport noted that disruption to Middle Eastern flights continued in April, with capacity on those routes down by around 30%.
But it added that numbers to and from the Middle East are set to increase over the coming weeks as airlines further increase their schedules.
Qatar Airways have indicated that they will up their services between Doha and Dublin to 14 weekly flights from next week, up from 12 currently, before increasing further to 17 flights a week from the middle of June.
Both Emirates and Etihad are back flying double daily services each way between Dubai and Abu Dhabi respectively, the airport added.
Gary McLean, Managing Director of Dublin Airport, said the busy start to the year at Dublin Airport continued in April, with passenger numbers at the end of the first four months 8% ahead of the same time last year.
“The pace of growth slowed markedly in April compared to the opening three months of the year, which saw sharper year-on-year increases versus the corresponding months in 2025 when a winter slot capacity restriction was in place. Looking ahead to the coming summer months, we are anticipating growth of around 2% per month in passenger numbers,” he said.
April saw a number of route additions, including the new Aer Lingus service to Raleigh Durham, which is operating five times per week, and Ryanair’s twice weekly service to Tirana in Albania.
More new routes are being added in the coming weeks, including China Eastern’s service to Shanghai which will start flying three times per week from mid-July, and a new route to Pittsburgh with Aer Lingus, which will run four times per week from May 25.
