Originally Posted by
JWP2010
I wonder sometimes about those who complain about the distances to walk - even between the two terminals - have ever been through other international airports such as KUL, AMS, LHR, BKK to name but a few...now those are airports which would test your shoe leather!
KUL: 30 million passengers in 2009
AMS: 44 million
LHR: 66 million
BKK: 41 million
DUB: 21 million
It might be fairer to compare DUB with other airports of a similar size (in traffic terms). It's not unreasonable to expect that an airport with e.g. twice as many passengers as DUB
may have longer distances to walk (note
may - clean-sheet design, more integrated travelators and/or a different widebody/narrowbody mix also come into play).
Examples of airports within 10% of DUB's passenger numbers in 2009: ZRH, STN, CPH, LGA.