Planners’ cap on numbers at the hub set to be exceeded for second straight year
The High Court blocked regulators from limiting the number of passengers that airlines at Dublin can fly next summer pending the outcome of lawsuits challenging the move, which is tied to a 32 million passenger cap imposed by planners on the airport.DAA figures show that the airport is poised to breach the 32 million limit this year. Mr Jacobs said the company now expected modest growth in 2025.
Mr Jacobs noted that he based his forecast for passengers next year on the slots that he expected the airlines to request for that period. Mr Justice Barry O’Donnell’s decision this week means the IAA cannot include the proposed summer passenger limit in the parameters it sets for slot allocation, at least until the wider legal action is dealt with.
The company last year sought permission for 40 million passengers from local planning authority Fingal County Council, which then requested further information. The High Court will hear the airlines’ challenge to the IAA’s summer limit, and an earlier decision setting a winter maximum of 14.4 million, on December 3rd. Both are tied to the overall passenger cap.
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