Move to increase Dublin Airport passenger cap to 36m ruled invalid
DAA ‘baffled and bewildered’ by ‘bizarre Fingal County Council flip-flop’
Formerly Dublin Airport Authority
DAA ‘baffled and bewildered’ by ‘bizarre Fingal County Council flip-flop’
Fingal County Council receives 171 new third-party submissions on DAA plans to raise passenger limit
The action against the sector regulator was due to run for three weeks at the High Court
European court could hear passenger cap case next year
Look up at the screen in Dublin Airport and marvel at all those destinations and what they mean. Think of all the people coming and going. Consider all the ideas, schemes and plans, the commerce, the deals and the dreams
Figures from data consultancy OAG show that the route had 2.35m seats last year, placing it behind Rome Fiumicino to Madrid
In a year of closures and comebacks, Michael O’Leary had a ‘pain in the backside’, while Gail Slater was urged to ‘Make America Competitive Again’
Decisions on legal challenges and planning applications will define 2025 for the aviation sector at least as much as their success in filling seats
Experts urge An Bord Pleanála to adopt ‘robust noise management policies’ to protect public health
Airport operator DAA hopes interim measure designed to address capacity crunch will move quickly through planning system
Former Quickpark site with 6,100 spaces has been closed since 2020
The aviation industry might have lost the heady glamour of its early years but new technology has only fuelled Irish plane-spotters’ passion for flight
Tourism needs aviation to bring in visitors,and airlines need tourism to fill their seats
Airlines in challenge to passenger limit sought move
Airlines for America lobby wrote to outgoing Minister of State at Department of Transport James Lawless as well as other senior politicians
Any decision faces likely appeals cautions DAA boss Kenny Jacobs
Court of Justice of the EU takes an average of 16 months to rule on such matters referred by national courts
Despite lots of talk from politicians about not intervening in the planning process the goals of new national tourism strategy can only be achieved if the Dublin Airport passenger cap is lifted
Airport operator DAA warns community group against protesting on private property
Airport tells planners that increasing passenger cap to 40 million would involve a 30% rise in peak passenger traffic
Mr Justice Barry O’Donnell said questions of EU law are ‘at the heart’ of the challenges
Carrier blames increased competition and industrial for €88m slide in profit in first nine months of this year
Dublin Airport passenger cap case will be of great interest to data centre operators and wind farm investors
Planners’ cap on numbers at the hub set to be exceeded for second straight year
Court stalls regulators from applying summer passenger limit
Court has paused a process airlines warned would cause them long-term harm, but there is a long way yet to travel
Shares drop 3% despite record passenger growth but average fare is 10% down on last year
Proposed Dublin Airport limits could stymie economy and hinder operations, freight body warns
Airline expects to lose €84m revenue next year and up to €130m in 2026 due to Irish Aviation Authority imposition of cap on traveller numbers
The 81-year-old from Co Galway retired from the top job at the company in May after more than four decades there
Air fares up 24% on last year, says travel firm which warns small firms will be hardest hit by passenger limit
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