Around 100,000 passengers are travelling through the airport this weekend.
Dublin Airport has apologised for delays as passengers queue outside to check in to their flights.
The airport saw around 50,000 passengers on Saturday (28 May) and is set to see similar numbers travelling today (29 May).
Due to significant queues inside the terminal for check-in, bag drop & security, passengers queueing outside the terminal may not make their flight & may need to contact their airline to rebook. We sincerely apologise for the obvious frustration and inconvenience this may cause.
— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) May 29, 2022
“Due to significant queues inside the terminal for check-in, bag drop & security, passengers queueing outside the terminal may not make their flight & may need to contact their airline to rebook,” Dublin Airport warned.
“We sincerely apologise for the obvious frustration and inconvenience this may cause.”
Some passengers have been queuing outside of the terminal since early morning as part of contingency plans to reduce the risk of missing flights.
The Airport has said they have been experiencing significant queues during check-in, bag drop, and security screening.
Travel expert Eoghan Corry told passengers last week that the situation at Dublin Airport was unpredictable.
“The security queue problem hasn’t gone away,” Corry said.
“They did a lot to try and organise it with rostering, and with different facilities put in to make sure people were in the right queue and ready. But the problem is it’s unpredictable – it can be great today and horrible tomorrow.”
@DublinAirport need to start paying staff more to retain them, we can’t keep blaming the pandemic for this mess, the current service from a international airport are horrendous. Government and the Minster for transport Eammon Ryan need to intervene. pic.twitter.com/CfuYO403mJ
— Dylan Lynch (@dylanlynch432) May 29, 2022
Video: @dylanlynch432/Twitter.com
The airport has recently been named the second most stressful in Europe, beaten out only by London Heathrow.
Claire O’Grady of Legacy Communications said: “Our data and Digital PR team spent the last week pulling this data together to reveal that Heathrow Airport was currently Europe’s most stressful airport, followed by Dublin Airport, Manchester, Madrid, Frankfurt, and Charles de Gaulle.
“The fact that Dublin and Manchester Airport were so close to Heathrow in the rankings in spite of having significantly fewer annual passengers was a very interesting pattern within the data – especially given that the other airports listed in the top 10 also had significantly higher passenger numbers.”
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