Dublin Airport is an international airport serving Dublin, Ireland.
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13 Facts About Dublin Airport
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Dublin Airport has an extensive short and medium haul network, served by an array of carriers, as well as a significant long-haul network focused on North America and the Middle East.
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Shannon Dublin Airport is the only other airport in Europe to offer this facility.
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Dublin Airport began as a wartime aerodrome located in the townland of Collinstown, Fingal.
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Dublin Airport saw significant declines in traffic in 2009 and 2010, although since 2011 the airport has seen an increase in traffic.
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Dublin Airport is one of only two airports in Europe, and three outside the Americas, with United States border preclearance services for US-bound passengers .
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In July 2013, the Dublin Airport Authority was officially renamed "DAA plc" by the Irish Government.
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Dublin Airport welcomes more than one million passengers per annum from Northern Ireland and is a key international gateway for overseas visitors to Northern Ireland, whose largest airport is less than a quarter the size of Dublin in terms of passenger numbers.
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Dublin Airport has invested heavily in extending aprons and creating rapid exit taxiways to derive maximum efficiency from the existing main runway.
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Passenger numbers at Dublin Airport increased every year during the 10 years between 1998 and 2008, from around 11.
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Dublin Airport is served by a large network of bus and coach routes, serving both the wider Dublin area and intercity links to the rest of Ireland.
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Aircoach offers a number of coach services from the Airport to the Dublin area, serving both the city centre and surrounding areas including Leopardstown, Sandyford, Bray and Dun Laoghaire.
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Dublin Airport Express runs non-stop coach services to the city centre via the Port Tunnel, offering interchange with the rail network at Tara Street station as well as serving other city centre destinations such as Heuston Station the main railway station connecting to Cork, Waterford, Limerick and Galway etc.
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