Dublin Airport had a record-breaking number of passengers in April

Last month was the busiest April ever for Dublin Airport

Dublin Airport is celebrating their busiest April ever which saw nearly three million people pass through the terminals.

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In a statement, Dublin Airport reported that they ushered through 2.8 million people in April, their busiest April on record.

The airport reported that passenger volumes to and from Continental Europe increased by 9 percent and UK traffic increased by 2 percent.

Transatlantic passenger volumes grew by 16 percent, with almost 344,000 passengers traveling to and from North America in April.

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Other international traffic, mainly to the Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific region grew by 2 percent with just over 80,500 passengers traveling to and from these destinations in April.

However, domestic traffic declined by 3 percent with more than 8,000 passengers traveling on domestic routes in April.

The number of passengers using Dublin Airport as a hub to connect to another destination increased by 9 percent with more than 171,000 passengers connecting through Dublin Airport last month.

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More than 9.3 million passengers have traveled through Dublin Airport in the first four months of this year, a 7 percent increase over the same period last year. Dublin Airport has welcomed more than 650,000 additional passengers in the first four months of 2019.

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