Dublin Airport is the international airport serving the capital of Ireland. It is the largest airport in Ireland and with over 25 million passengers a year one of the 20th busiest airports in Europe. Dublin Airport is the home base of national airline Aer Lingus and low-cost airline Ryanair.
Dublin Airport was opened in 1936; the first passenger terminal building still exist and is now a architectural monument. Growth at Dublin Airport was especially strong in the 1990s when the Irish economy took off and Ryanair pioneered low-cost flights in Europe. Many new connections were opened to cities in Eastern Europe, where many migrant workers came from, and to holiday destinations in Southern Europe (for affluent Irish). The collapse of the Irish economy during the financial crisis in 2008 was also reflected in passenger numbers which dropped by almost 25% in just a few years. They have recovered now and new records are set every year.
Dublin Airport is not a large airport so there are not many flights departing here. There are only a few destinations that you can reach from Dublin Airport, most of these are operated by Aer Lingus. Many people take a flight to Brussels and transfer to another flight there.
Brussels (BRUA)