No, NATS have a restriction on the number of departures per hour they will accept from DUB ( So virtually all of them!), particularly through LIFFY and DEXEN

The time to build the parallel 28 was during the crash as a debt financed infrastructure project while the Portmarnock set were concurrently worried about how to fund their trophy houses never mind legal challenges. Instead Anglo was bailed out and people are posting ads on twitter for fish pedicures so I guess both moments passed!

Anyone know how the new transavia route to Orly is performing

Did it not start today though ?

Seen recently Ryanair are starting stansted to Verona , any chance they'll do the same with Dublin and start some competition with aer linges ? Flew this route a good few times and it's quite busy .

Yesterday, Wow today.

Also notice FR had 3 departures from 200 gates today, a little surprised that Air Contractors and Thomson were not allocated 200 gates and let FR have 100 to themselves for first 2 hours.

FR announced it just after EI announced it, they have being into/out of Verona at least 3 times in the last number of years.

2.2 million used the airport last month making it
the busiest may ever , the growth in traffic this year is faster than maybe a lot of people thought it would be .

EI103 (JFK Day return) starts tomorrow.

EI103 Dublin NYC
 

First flight 98% full westbound , looks like yet another good move !

No doubt Dublin will hit the 24m pax level this year, but how close to 25m will it get!

24 million, will be the max they expect this year but they beleive 2015 will pass the 2008 peak comfortably. One might expect 24.5 for 2016 and pass 25m for 2017.

Speaking of passenger numbers (released on a Sunday) May saw numbers exceed 2.2 million up 13%

Europe 1.2 million up 12%
UK 754,000 up 13%
N American/Canada 234,000 up 13%
Middle East/African 56,000 up 22%
Domestic 6,000 down 5%

An additional 1.1 million passengers during 5 months. Year to date 9 million up 14%.

Latest News > Record Passenger Numbers In May At Dublin Airport

22% seems steep for Africa/Middle East. I assume the Ethiopian figures are included?

Second daily EK plays a big part.

EY was downgraded from a 77W to an A332 though as well.

EY were running empty 777's most of the time, bet the downgrade didn't affect them at all.

Middle East had the same % increase last month (actual May numbers are lower than April)

I believe ET passengers are counted once and included in N American/Canada but even with that DUB-T/A traffic added over 16,000 with ET bringing around 10,000.

Off topic but now that EI is about to be sold. if EK were to reapply for US rights they would get them I suspect.

Anymore news on Qatar airways coming here ?

3 flights from Boston tomorrow? Only 2 outbound today... Explanation?

EI expansion
 

EI are bringing in B767 to snn from bos so today's snn bos is doing bos dub as an extra flight thus 4 flights, I am very impressed the way EI squeeze extra seats ex BOS , no competition helps of course !

Is westjet really sending a 737 the whole way to Dublin from Toronto!?