Dublin Airport

As 1,200 delegates gather in Hannover for the 14th annual Routes Europe, Routesonline reveals the continent’s top ten busiest international passenger routes and looks at the services which have grown at the fastest rate over the last 12 months.

This week: Dublin to get second link to mainland China; Virgin Atlantic to enter London – Tel Aviv market; and Aeroméxico to add its third destination in Colombia.

This week: EVA Air is to resume flights between Taipei Taoyuan and Nagoya in Japan; WestJet is to launch a new daily summer service to Dublin; and Norwegian unveils plans to enter the Brazil market.

This week: Swoop adds Mexico, Air India to open Bangalore – London, and WestJet reveals first 787-9 routes.

Canada’s WestJet is to launch its first three Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner international destinations from Calgary, Alberta.

Brussels Airport took the top prize at the ceremony in Guangzhou, China.

This week: TAP to serve Dublin after more than a decade; Wizz Air to further expand its operations in Ukraine; and Shenzhen Airlines adds a service from World Routes 2018 host Guangzhou.

This week: Ryanair reverses Dublin decision and plans Exeter launch; new CEO at Jetlines; Aeroflot signs for 100 SSJ100s; BA and Vistara to codeshare and more.

Dublin Airport is enjoying a period of record passenger growth as it continues to add frequencies on existing routes and secure new transatlantic services.

American Airlines is reducing its services to Asia - including the removal of Chicago-Shanghai - but the carrier plans to expand its European network next summer with three new destinations.

This week: Sun Country grows its network from Nashville; IndiGo adds more routes to Doha; and Aeroflot to resume flights to Dublin.

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Ryanair has said there will be “few route closures” from Dublin despite cutting its fleet at the airport by 20 percent this winter.

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Hainan Airlines is to operate the first ever direct route to mainland China from Ireland and Scotland.

Hainan Airlines looks set to increase the number of services it operates to the UK and Ireland following a series of new route applications.

This week: Aer Lingus is launching is 11th destination in the US and 'millennial' airline Joon's market entry.

This week: Cathay Pacific launches Dublin-Hong Kong service and Interjet adds Vancouver to its network.

Dublin has secured its first direct route to the Asia-Pacific region with Cathay Pacific.

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Irish airport in bullish mood as new runway project starts

As widely expected, European low-cost carrier Norwegian will introduce its new Boeing 737MAX fleet into operation on flights between the UK and Ireland and the United States of America. The budget airline will offer 38 new weekly transatlantic flights this summer from Edinburgh, Belfast, Cork, Shannon and Dublin serving ten routes.

During the peak summer season in 2016, Dublin Airport had 48 flights per day to and from 12 cities in the United States and five Canadian destinations. Last year Aer Lingus launched three new transatlantic services - to Los Angeles, Hartford, Connecticut and Newark and Air Canada Rouge launched a new Vancouver service.

With a long transatlantic pedigree, Ireland’s flag carrier Aer Lingus is well positioned to ‘push the boundaries’ in terms of growth.

The eight ‘new’ markets comprise Canberra, the airline’s fifth destination in Australia; Dublin, Ireland; Las Vegas, the airline’s eleventh destination in the United States; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; Medan’s Kualanamu International Airport, the airline’s third destination in Indonesia; and Tabuk and Yanbu, its ninth and tenth destinations in Saudi Arabia.