Sir, – Contrary to the impression given by the report of June 19th (“Dublin Airport to close T1 car park for upgrade”, Home News), the car park at Terminal 1 will remain open throughout the improvement works.
About 400 of the 2,000 spaces in the car park will be out of service at any given time as part of the project, but the facility will remain open throughout. There will be short-term spaces available at the T1 car park throughout the summer period and customers will not be redirected to long-term parking, as the report stated. The claim that the works will add 20 minutes to the time it currently takes users of the T1 car park to access the terminal building was incorrect.
The “drive-up” gate price for the first hour of short-term parking at Dublin Airport is currently €3 and not €4.50 as reported. Online rates for daily parking start at less than €9.95 per day, and not €25 as reported.
The car park upgrade work is taking place during the summer season, as the Terminal 1 short-term car park generates the majority of its custom from business travellers. – Yours, etc,
PAUL O’KANE,
Dublin Airport Authority,
Dublin Airport,
Co Dublin.