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                                                    Courtesy Paul Doyle  This morning Turkish Airlines Borussia Dortmund sponsored Boeing 737 made it's first visit to Dublin Airport , TC-JHU Boeing 737-8F2/W c/n 42002 operating THY1975/6. On 25th April the carrier signed a three-year premium partnership and sponsorship agreement with the Bundesliga outfit, involves numerous joint activities and programmes. Turkish Airlines will be BVB´s will airline of choice for all international flights, be it games, competitions or training camps. The partnership will be particularly notable at Borussia Dortmund´s ground Signal Iduna Park where Turkish Airlines will be represented with the Turkish Airlines Lounge. Also included in the partnership are joint events, advertising campaigns, a close social media cooperation and various promotional activities. Dr. Temel Kotil, CEO of Turkish Airlines, on the new cooperation "The partnership with Borussia Dortmund underlines our commitme

                                                    Courtesy: Paul Doyle  Dublin Airport handled 2 million passengers in June up 6% on the same month last year with all market segments reporting positive growth. Traffic to and from continental Europe increased by 6% to 1.1 million passengers on the same month last year and in the domestic market segment traffic was up 14% to 6,000 passengers. International traffic, which includes flights to the Middle East and North Africa, increased by 6% with 45,000 passengers taking flights to and from these destinations. The Transatlantic segment is leading growth up 18% to 18% to 212, 000 passengers. Over 612,000 passengers took flights to and from the UK, a 2% increase on the same month last year. In the first six months of the year over 9.5 million passengers have used Dublin Airport up 5%. Irish Aviation Research Institute © 10th July 2013 All Rights Reserved.