BlaakLane.com books Dublin Airport transfers at a fixed fare that you see before you confirm. Pick Terminal 1 or Terminal 2, enter the drop-off address and choose one of nine vehicle classes. We track your flight, time the chauffeur to the actual landing and include 60 minutes of waiting on international arrivals. A vetted Dublin affiliate drives the trip and is named on your confirmation.
How do you book a Dublin Airport transfer?
Open the reservation engine at the top of this page, or go to book. Enter Dublin Airport (DUB) as the pickup, add your flight number, then type the destination: a hotel on St Stephen's Green, an office on Sir John Rogerson's Quay, a house in Howth or a golf resort in County Kildare. Choose the date, the time and a vehicle, and the engine shows one fixed price for that journey. Nothing is metered and nothing surges when a Friday evening wave of arrivals lands at once.
Once you accept, the booking reaches our reservations and dispatch desk in Toronto, which is staffed around the clock. Trips in Ireland are driven by a vetted local affiliate operator from the LimousineWorldwide.Directory network, contracted to the BlaakLane.com written standard. The confirmation names that operator, the chauffeur and the vehicle, so you know exactly who is coming. If you need a car for several hours after landing, for example a round of meetings between the IFSC and Ballsbridge, book hourly chauffeur hire instead of separate one-way rides; hourly bookings start at three hours.
What the DUB fare includes
- The vehicle class you selected and a professional chauffeur for the route you entered.
- Flight tracking from departure to touchdown, so an early or late arrival moves the pickup automatically.
- 60 minutes of waiting from the actual landing on international flights and 30 minutes on domestic flights; after that, waiting is charged in 15-minute blocks.
- Child seats on request at no extra cost.
- A fare that is fixed when you book, whatever the traffic on the M50 does on the day.
Planning ranges by vehicle class sit on the rates page. We do not publish route prices on airport pages because the engine prices the exact address, date and vehicle.
Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport
Dublin has two passenger terminals a short walk apart. Terminal 1 is the older building and handles most short-haul European traffic, including the large Ryanair operation. Terminal 2 opened in 2010 and handles Aer Lingus along with most transatlantic and long-haul carriers. It also contains the United States preclearance facility run by US Customs and Border Protection, which matters on departure: passengers flying to the US clear American immigration in Dublin, so allow extra time before a transatlantic flight and tell us the airline when you book the ride out.
Your booking only needs the flight number. The dispatch desk reads the terminal from the flight data, and if an airline moves a flight between terminals, the chauffeur is told before you land.
Where does the chauffeur meet you at DUB?
The standard pickup is curbside at the airport's designated area for pre-booked cars, the zone that Dublin Airport sets aside for chauffeur, limousine and pre-arranged vehicles near each terminal. When your bags are on the trolley, you message or call the chauffeur, who gives you the exact level and bay and meets you at the car. Chauffeurs do not wait inside the arrivals hall on a standard booking.
If you would rather be met at the arrivals door with a name board, add meet and greet when you book. Add-ons are only available in selected locations, and the engine shows whether the option is offered for your date and terminal. First-time visitors, families with young children and executives arriving on the morning transatlantic bank often find it worth adding.
Immigration and customs when you land in Dublin
Ireland is in the European Union but not in the Schengen area, so the EU Entry/Exit System that now registers non-EU travellers at Schengen borders does not apply at Dublin. Every arriving passenger, including those from other EU countries, passes an Irish passport check run by the Border Management Unit; details are on the Irish Immigration Service site. Passengers arriving from Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands travel within the Common Travel Area, but carriers and officers still expect photo identification, and non-Irish or non-UK citizens should carry a passport.
On a normal day the passport hall takes 10 to 30 minutes. When several long-haul flights land together in the early morning, allow 30 to 50 minutes before you reach the baggage belts. Because the chauffeur is timed to the landing and the included 60 minutes run from touchdown, most international arrivals walk out well inside the included window. Customs uses the usual green and red channels.
Drive times from Dublin Airport
The airport sits about 10 km north of the city centre, and the Dublin Port Tunnel gives a fast route to the docks that avoids the north inner-city streets. Typical ranges:
| Destination | Distance | Usual drive time |
|---|---|---|
| O'Connell Street and Temple Bar | 11 km | 25-40 min |
| IFSC and North Docklands (via Port Tunnel) | 12 km | 20-35 min |
| Grand Canal Dock and the Silicon Docks tech cluster | 14 km | 25-45 min |
| St Stephen's Green and Merrion Square | 13 km | 30-45 min |
| Ballsbridge, the RDS and the Aviva Stadium | 16 km | 30-50 min |
| Howth | 18 km | 25-40 min |
| The K Club, Straffan | 40 km | 40-55 min |
| Powerscourt, Enniskerry | 40 km | 45-60 min |
| Belfast city centre | 165 km | 1 h 45 min-2 h 15 min |
| Cork | 265 km | 2 h 45 min-3 h 15 min |
Weekday peaks run roughly 07:00 to 09:30 and 16:30 to 19:00, and a match or concert at Croke Park can add 20 minutes on the north side. Motorway tolls apply on the Port Tunnel and on the M50 between junctions 6 and 7, where tolling is barrier-free.
Is there a train from Dublin Airport?
No. Dublin Airport has no rail station, and the planned MetroLink line to the city is not yet built. Public transport means coaches and buses, such as Aircoach and Dublin Express to the centre and Dublin Bus routes 16 and 41 through the northern suburbs; current timetables are on Transport for Ireland. For intercity rail, Irish Rail runs from Connolly station (Belfast and the east coast) and Heuston station (Cork, Galway, Limerick). A chauffeur to Heuston or Connolly takes 25 to 45 minutes if you want to connect straight onto a train.
Which vehicle suits your Dublin trip?
Choose from the nine classes on the booker; each page of the fleet lists capacity and bag space.
| Trip | Vehicle class | Why it fits |
|---|---|---|
| One executive to the IFSC with a cabin bag | Standard Sedan | 2 passengers, 2 bags, quick through the Port Tunnel |
| Board member to a Merrion Square hotel | Luxury Executive Sedan | S-Class level cabin for calls |
| Principal whose itinerary calls for the top car | Executive First Class Sedan (Maybach) | The most refined sedan on the booker |
| Family of five with golf bags to Kildare | Standard Black SUV | 6 passengers, 6 bags |
| Senior team of four to a Powerscourt offsite | Executive Black SUV | Navigator or Escalade class comfort |
| Wedding party from the airport to a castle venue | Luxury Stretch Limo | Up to 8 passengers and a proper arrival |
| Rugby supporters' group to the Aviva | Sprinter Van | 12 passengers, 12 small bags |
| Hen or stag celebration continuing into town | Party Bus | Up to 14 passengers |
| Small crew with carry-on only | Sprinter Luxury Jet Van | 7 passengers in lounge seating |
Rolls-Royce, Bentley, armoured vehicles and coaches are available on request through vetted partners and confirmed in writing.
Business travel, roadshows and groups
Dublin hosts the European headquarters of many technology and pharmaceutical companies, and the IFSC is a hub for funds and aircraft leasing. Corporate accounts give those travellers monthly invoicing, cost centres, booker profiles and duty-of-care trip data with a named coordinator. Investor days that loop the Docklands, the south city and a Sandyford campus are handled as financial roadshows, planned by a coordinator and confirmed in writing. Air crews positioning through Dublin can use airline crew transportation, and touring productions playing the 3Arena or Croke Park fall under entertainment and touring.
For larger movements, such as a conference delegation arriving on three flights, group transportation coordinates several vehicles against the flight list.
Journeys beyond Dublin
Plenty of arrivals are not staying in the capital. A Sprinter or SUV to Belfast takes about two hours on the M1, and the Belfast page covers onward travel there. Cork is roughly three hours by motorway, and the Wicklow Mountains, Kilkenny and the Boyne Valley all make good day trips. For those, see intercity transfers and city tours and day trips. Our main Dublin chauffeur service page covers hotels, venues and hourly hire in the city itself.
Delays, waiting and cancellations
If your flight is late, the pickup moves with it at no cost, because the chauffeur works to the tracked landing time rather than the time printed on your ticket. Waiting beyond the included window is billed in 15-minute blocks. Cancelling more than 72 hours before pickup costs nothing; within 72 hours the charge is 10%, within 48 hours 50%, and within 24 hours, or for a no-show, 100%.
Other airports on the network
Travellers who fly through Dublin often continue to London Heathrow, Manchester or Edinburgh, and the same fixed-fare booking works at each. Airport information for Dublin, including terminal maps and car park details, is on the official Dublin Airport site.
