Plans for a massive aviation festival in Dublin are stepping up a gear. FlightFest will see around 100,000 people gather to watch a variety of planes - both old and new - take part in a sustained fly past in Dublin city centre.

The festival will take place on September 15th.

The biggest aircraft in the world, the A380 will fly up the Liffey with other aircraft from every decade since the 1930s represented.

Eamonn Brennan, Chief Executive of the Irish Aviation Authority, says that the level of interest in the FlightFest fly-past is growing by the day.

"This celebration of the aviation industry in Ireland has attracted the attention of people from all over Ireland and abroad. So I would not be surprised to see 100,000 turning up for the event on the day..."We want this to be an event for the people" he said.

The IAA and Dublin City Council have also announced a charity partnership with the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street and ORBIS. Both charities will be collecting at FlightFest and will also benefit from a text-based competition for return flights and accommodation to Istanbul.

The free event will take place between 12 noon and 5pm - and will see extra public transport made available on the day.

Senior Manager with the Irish Aviation Authority is Donal Handley. He says this is a one of a kind event.