Africa/Middle East - 480,000 up 84%
Thanks Jamie2k9, EK at 220,000 that leaves 260,000 for EY and others. EY already stated DUB was in their top 10 routes.
EK fly from regional airports in the UK so the days of those people having to travel to the likes of LHR to catch a flight are reducing and one could argue they probably won't need that extra runway. Perhaps that isn't such a bad thing?
If you travel with EK or EY from OZ, you only two hops and you're home. Who can compete with that?
ROI is a tiny market but Emirates and Etihad are sucking in NI pasengers
too
Looking at Ireland as an island nation its every bit as populous as Singapore. A captive audience that has to fly (but don't tell ahem Ryanair).