The airport reported that over 75,000 passengers would pass through each day between Monday, December 18, and Friday, January 6, when traveller traffic is at its highest.

Around 102,000 passengers are expected to arrive and depart from Dublin Airport on Friday, December 22, making it the busiest day for travel in the lead-up to Christmas.

Christmas Day is the only day of the year that Dublin Airport is closed. However, several employees, including the airport's emergency fire services, will continue to work that day.

The busiest day following Christmas, however, will be Friday, December 29, when thousands of travellers from around the world will be leaving to celebrate New Year's Eve, and many Irish visitors will be returning home.

On Christmas Eve, when the final flight, an Aer Lingus flight from Tenerife, lands at 11 p.m., flight operations will end. On St Stephen's Day, flights will resume at 5.55 a.m. with a Ryanair departure for Marrakech.

The last passenger flight scheduled to arrive at Dublin Airport on New Year's Eve is an Aer Lingus flight from Tenerife, which is scheduled to arrive at 11:55 p.m. The first flight of the New Year is a TAP flight to Lisbon, which is scheduled to take off from Dublin Airport at 4.30am on the following day.

According to Dublin Airport, travellers should show up three hours before a long-haul flight and two hours before a short-haul one.

When checking in a bag, travellers should allow up to one-hour extra time.

Almost 1,700 performers from 50 schools, choirs, and musical groups in North County Dublin will enthral passengers with multiple performances every day in Terminals 1 and 2 at Dublin Airport starting on December 11 and continuing until Christmas Eve, to get them in the spirit of the holidays.

According to Graeme McQueen, Media Relations Manager at Dublin Airport Operator Daa, more Customer Care employees will be on duty at Dublin Airport during the Christmas season to guarantee that travellers have a quick and easy experience.