The 32 million passenger cap is included in a 7,000-page wider infrastructure planning application to Fingal County Council
Lynne Embleton, centre, says DAA should have submitted a stand-alone planning application just relating to the passenger cap. Photograph: Naoise Culhanehas criticised Dublin Airport operator DAA for not submitting an interim application to planners to seek speedy relief on the present 32 million passenger cap at Dublin Airport. The DAA instead lodged a full-blown infrastructure application that is expected to take about two years or more to reach a conclusion.
“Right now there is an enormous document for planning permission, including infrastructure. That’s going to take a long time to work through. Our view is that there has to be an interim lifting of the cap while the bigger piece is worked through. If the cap is imposed, you are getting into billions of euro of economic damage this year, next year and the year after,” she said.Ms Embleton was citicial about how DAA has handled the issue overall. “I don’t think they have handled it well.
Aer Lingus carried 9.2 million passengers through Dublin Airport last year, and expects to increase that figure by 300,000 in 2024, within the current cap. However, the current cap has scuppered its plans to grow passenger numbers through the airport to 10.2 million for 2025 and 10.6 million for 2026.
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