Dublin Airport has seen the second highest increase in passenger traffic in Europe, according to new figures.
The European airport trade association, ACI Europe, has released its traffic report for January.
Only Istanbul saw more growth than Dublin in terms of numbers of passengers.
Dublin saw a 17.1% increase in numbers, compared to Istanbul's 19.3%.
Others in the group include Barcelona, Copenhagen and Madrid-Barajas.
Source: ACI Europe
The figures also show Dublin has moved up a group in terms of passenger numbers.
In November last year, it was in Group 2 meaning it saw between 10 and 25 million passengers in the year.
However last month, the airport was upgraded to Group 1 - which means it handled more than 25 million.
Passenger traffic across the Europe in January grew by an average 6.3%.
In the EU, the average increase in passenger traffic was 6.9%, with airports in 16 EU member states achieving double-digit growth.
This was the strongest monthly rate in almost two years. Meanwhile, non-EU airports reported slower growth of 4.3%.
Olivier Jankovec, director-general at ACI Europe, said: "We are off to a very good start of the year in terms of passenger traffic, with airports in Southern and Eastern EU States generally being major contributors to what is quite a remarkable performance".
