Dublin Airport (DUB) taxi dispatch guide — terminal zones, NTA SPSV, transatlantic flows

DUB operates two terminals with distinct pickup-zone architectures. T1 handles the bulk of European Aer Lingus + Ryanair operations plus most other European carriers; T2 handles Aer Lingus long-haul (transatlantic) plus American Airlines, Delta, United, Emirates. The 2025-built western terminal queue zone separates pre-booked driver waits from rank traffic. Modern dispatch handles all three (T1 pickup, T2 pickup, western queue) as first-class zone records.

Aer Lingus operates the largest Dublin schedule with both European and transatlantic; Ryanair runs Dublin as one of their largest hubs. American Airlines, Delta, United operate transatlantic seasonally. Modern dispatch ingests live flight data via FlightAware covering all carriers; ETAs reshuffle automatically when flights slip. Transatlantic delays are particularly impactful — a delayed Aer Lingus 105 from JFK can cascade into 60-90 passenger pickups all sliding by 30-90 minutes simultaneously.

NTA Ireland SPSV regulates all Irish taxi operators including Dublin Airport-fleet operators. The 2025-updated quarterly return format introduced columnar requirements that legacy dispatch system exports require manual reformatting against. TaxiCloud was the first dispatch platform to ship the 2025 NTA format natively — Harbour Cabs Dublin generated their first NTA return in 8 minutes vs 4 hours on TaxiCaller.