Dublin Airport
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- City:
- Dublin
- Country:
- Ireland
- IATA:
- DUB
- ICAO:
- EIDW
- Website:
- dublinairport.com
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Dublin airport from the eyes of a native. where do i begin?
i will do this with both terminal 1 and 2 since i have been in both frequently these past few years.
Getting to the airport is fairly straight forward, you have Bus Eireann, Aircoach, or Dublin Bus in the city centre. i recommend not taking a taxi as the fares are double the price of an Air Coach ticket, but if you are in a rush it is the fastest way.
Terminal Facilities (done in both T1 and T2)
Terminal 1 is a fairly new Terminal being built sometime in the late 90's early 00's to accommodate the then growing Ryanair fleet. as of today it houses Ryanair and a number of other airlines who use those terminals. The facilites are fairly good having a handfull of shops and eating areas for you to enjoy and endulge. one downside to Terminal 1 is the lack of jetways, and when i mean lack i mean there are NO jetways what so ever. every flight who park there use stairs to enter and exit the aircraft. which is a downside if you dont like the rain or cold weather we frequently get. it is also has no charging ports (as far as I'm aware) but overall it is not a bad terminal
Terminal 2 on the other hand is the newest of the lot being built sometime in the early 2010's, although if you fly Ethihad, Hainan, Air Canada or Aer Lingus flights from gates 301 - 313 you are going to be in the very old part of the airport which was built sometime in the 1980's or earlier. Terminal 2 is very spacious giving you easy access to the shops and facilities. the older part of therminal 2 is more closed than the newer building. there is also a brand new terminal building (i think built for the Norwegian 737 MAX's) which is in front of the aer lingus cargo building, also houses some transatlantic and european flights, and the facilities are bare since it is fairly new and small.
Immigration and customs can be a funny ordeal, very recently they installed the robotic camera check with your passport. which was somewhat confusing to operate with vague instructions. but that's more to do with the supplier rather than the airport so I wont complain too much. other than that the Gardai (Police) who are in the airport are very friendly. (both terminal buildings).
baggage claim is like the Irish Weather, you dont know if it will be fast or slow. but most times i was waiting for my bags it was fairly quick.
extra note. in both terminals, there are renovating work happening at the time of me typing this so this may impact check in or foot transit throughout the terminals.
overall it is a decent airport. but in regards to gates 301-313 it needs a major renovating to make it feel like the newer terminal 2 as it is literally stepping back in time. but overall it isnt a bad airport
i will do this with both terminal 1 and 2 since i have been in both frequently these past few years.
Getting to the airport is fairly straight forward, you have Bus Eireann, Aircoach, or Dublin Bus in the city centre. i recommend not taking a taxi as the fares are double the price of an Air Coach ticket, but if you are in a rush it is the fastest way.
Terminal Facilities (done in both T1 and T2)
Terminal 1 is a fairly new Terminal being built sometime in the late 90's early 00's to accommodate the then growing Ryanair fleet. as of today it houses Ryanair and a number of other airlines who use those terminals. The facilites are fairly good having a handfull of shops and eating areas for you to enjoy and endulge. one downside to Terminal 1 is the lack of jetways, and when i mean lack i mean there are NO jetways what so ever. every flight who park there use stairs to enter and exit the aircraft. which is a downside if you dont like the rain or cold weather we frequently get. it is also has no charging ports (as far as I'm aware) but overall it is not a bad terminal
Terminal 2 on the other hand is the newest of the lot being built sometime in the early 2010's, although if you fly Ethihad, Hainan, Air Canada or Aer Lingus flights from gates 301 - 313 you are going to be in the very old part of the airport which was built sometime in the 1980's or earlier. Terminal 2 is very spacious giving you easy access to the shops and facilities. the older part of therminal 2 is more closed than the newer building. there is also a brand new terminal building (i think built for the Norwegian 737 MAX's) which is in front of the aer lingus cargo building, also houses some transatlantic and european flights, and the facilities are bare since it is fairly new and small.
Immigration and customs can be a funny ordeal, very recently they installed the robotic camera check with your passport. which was somewhat confusing to operate with vague instructions. but that's more to do with the supplier rather than the airport so I wont complain too much. other than that the Gardai (Police) who are in the airport are very friendly. (both terminal buildings).
baggage claim is like the Irish Weather, you dont know if it will be fast or slow. but most times i was waiting for my bags it was fairly quick.
extra note. in both terminals, there are renovating work happening at the time of me typing this so this may impact check in or foot transit throughout the terminals.
overall it is a decent airport. but in regards to gates 301-313 it needs a major renovating to make it feel like the newer terminal 2 as it is literally stepping back in time. but overall it isnt a bad airport
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- 11.08.2019
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I don't live too far away from the Airport so it wasnt bad getting there. Terminal 2 has Self check in Machines which are very handy. The Security took about 20 minuets to get through including the Waiting times.
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- 09.08.2019
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Getting into the Airport was alright but for some reason our baggage took a good 40-50 minuets to come
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- 09.08.2019
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