Dublin Airport's travelators are officially quicker than walking alongside them.
It's a perennial airport debate: is taking the travelator any quicker than just walking as normal? We grabbed a stopwatch and popped along to one of Dublin Airport's travelators to find out once and for all...⏱ pic.twitter.com/WwdWlnkHNu
— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) October 3, 2022
Airport staff have grabbed a stopwatch and found it took around 30 seconds to walk along one of the travelators from start to finish.
Walking at the same pace beside it took 37 seconds.
It's a perennial airport debate: is taking the travelator any quicker than just walking as normal? We grabbed a stopwatch and popped along to one of Dublin Airport's travelators to find out once and for all...⏱ pic.twitter.com/WwdWlnkHNu
— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) October 3, 2022
While standing still and letting mechanical walkway do all the work for you and your bags took 1 minute 28 seconds.
The airport said it has a total of 21 travelators in the two terminals, which together measure 809 metres in total.
They say while a 7 second time saving may seem small to some passengers, travelators can be a big help for tired and less mobile passengers.
