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 Dublin
Airport Information
Dublin Airport (Irish: Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath), is operated
by the Dublin Airport Authority. Located in Collinstown, in
the Fingal part of County Dublin, 20.5 million passengers passed
through the airport in 2009. Dublin Airport is the busiest
airport in the Republic of Ireland, followed by Cork and Shannon.
It is the busiest on the island of Ireland followed by Belfast,
Cork and Shannon.
The airport is located 5.4 NM (10.0 km; 6.2 mi) north
of Dublin City in a once-rural area near Swords, and is served
by buses and taxis. An underground railway line called 'Metro
North' which will connect the airport to Swords and Dublin
city centre has been approved and is in development.
Dublin Airport is the headquarters of Ireland's flag carrier
Aer Lingus, Europe's largest no-frills airline Ryanair &
Ireland's domestic, regional airline Aer Arann. Ireland's
third airline, CityJet, is based in the nearby town of Swords.
The airport has an extensive short and medium haul network,
served by an array of carriers. Domestic services are offered
to most regional Irish airports. There are approximately 50
daily departures from Dublin to all five London airports (Stansted,
Luton, Gatwick, Heathrow and London City), The Dublin-London
route is the second busiest route in the world after the Hong
Kong-Taipei route. There are over 30 daily departures to other
UK Airports. There is also a reasonably sized long-haul network.
Aer Lingus serves many popular US destinations, and has been
able to add more thanks to the open skies deal. US legacy
carriers also serve the airport from major US hubs. Etihad
Airways operates a daily service between the airport and Abu
Dhabi.
United States border preclearance services are available
at the airport for US-bound passengers, Dublin being one of
only two European airports with this facility, along with
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