Madam, – The cost of Dublin Airport’s new passenger terminal Terminal Two project, as confirmed by the independent aviation regulator, is €609 million, not €1.2 billion, as stated by Ryanair’s head of communications, Stephen McNamara (September 28th). That €609 million covers the cost of the new terminal building (€395 million) the new Pier E boarding gate facility, additional aircraft parking stands, a new energy centre and a major upgrade of the airport’s campus road network.
His claim that the new terminal building is unnecessary is also incorrect. T2 has been developed for the long term and will be in use by passengers for decades to come. To view it through the prism of the current downturn is short-sighted in the extreme and symptomatic of the chronic lack of foresight that has previously bedevilled the provision of key elements of Irish infrastructure.
The advent of T2 will transform the travel experience at Dublin Airport and we look forward to welcoming passengers to their new terminal when it opens in November. – Yours, etc,
Madam, – Stephen McNamara (September 28th) rejects the possibility of Ryanair increasing their carry-on allowance due to space constraints.
However, most of the large US airlines that operate the same Boeing aircraft as Ryanair, permit 40lbs (18kg) of carry-on luggage. Does Ryanair have smaller overhead compartments? Or is this to discourage customers from carrying-on luggage, forcing them to pay further fees to check in luggage? – Yours, etc,