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Please select your reason for reporting Please give full details of the problem with the comment That year, more than five million passengers used Dublin Airport. Passenger numbers increased to 5. Facilities, however, had not kept pace with the passenger growth and between and Dublin Airport embarked on a major investment programme to transform the airport by significantly increasing capacity and dramatically improving the passenger experience.
This programme delivered Terminal 2, two new boarding gate areas the gates and the gates , a new road network, and a host of other major improvements.
The new award-winning new terminal was opened in November The economic downturn saw passenger numbers decline to Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Tags: AW. Joe Bates 23rd March Its award-winning passenger terminal designed by Desmond FitzGerald and associates to cater to , passengers per year was the key passenger facility at Dublin Airport up until and part of it is still in use today.
In the s and s the airport was a destination in its own right, as people travelled out to Collinstown to see the aircraft and to dine in its restaurant, which was said to be one of the best in the country. Guided tours of the airport were popular and Dublin Airport featured regularly in postcards of the time.
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