Dublin Airport: 4.5m pax travel on Dublin-London route in 2015, 2nd busiest int'l route globally

Dublin Airport reported (25-Jan-2016) around 4.5 million passengers travelled between Dublin and London in 2015, an increase of 9% year-on-year and accounting for almost 18% of Dublin Airport's total traffic, making it the busiest air route in Europe and the second busiest international air route in the world behind Hong Kong-Taipei. Four airlines, Aer Lingus, British Airways, CityJet and Ryanair, currently operate routes from Dublin Airport to London serving London Heathrow, London Gatwick, London Stansted, London City and London Luton airports. A quarter of passengers on the route are travelling for business. [more - original PR]