Kenny Jacobs

No cap on DAA’s income as revenue from retail, food and drink, rents and car parks soars at Dublin and Cork airports

DAA’s income from aeronautical revenues, retail, food and beverage concessions, car parks, and property rents soared by an inflation-busting 15% between January and June

Dublin passenger cap costing regional airports, Kerry Airport boss tells Taoiseach

Kerry gateway chief executive warns Taoiseach Simon Harris of threats to growth

Tax the rich in Budget 2025, says independent Oireachtas unit

Seen & Heard: Matt Ryan’s Press Up exit; Capreit vows ‘never again’ to invest in Ireland; Airport cap could face EU challenge

DAA’s breach of Dublin Airport passenger cap is not a good look for a State-owned company

Imagine the uproar if a property developer ignored their planning permission limitations?

O’Leary and Jacobs apocalyptic double act is best ignored

Government should not let itself be bounced into intervening over the passenger cap because of claims about €500 flights and half a billion in lost tourism revenue

Christmas air fares could hit ‘record high’ because of passenger cap, Michael O’Leary warns

Ryanair chief says 32 million passenger restriction will lead to record high air fares

DAA lowers charges at Cork Airport to encourage airlines to switch routes

Move comes as airport operator remains subject to passenger number cap in Dublin

Car parking at Dublin Airport is big business, so why has the sale of the unused QuickPark facility stalled?

Many parties are interested in buying. But the longer the stalemate persists, the greater the likelihood of bidders drifting away

DAA boss Jacobs holds shares in three airline groups

Shareholdings in airlines run by Ryanair, AIG and Lufthansa predate appointment to CEO and are included in SIPO returns - DAA says

Property developer makes €70m-plus bid to buy car park beside Dublin Airport

Pat Crean was an underbidder in original sale process for QuickPark site before DAA’s bid was blocked

DAA chief owns shares in 12 airlines operating out of Dublin Airport, Oireachtas hears

CEO of State-owned DAA tells Oireachtas transport committee that owning the shares was not a conflict of interest

Christmas air fares to Dublin could hit €500, Ryanair says

Budget carrier says controversial winter passenger cap at Dublin Airport would force a “return to the 1980s” for seat prices

Dublin Airport operator DAA seeking 32m passenger limit to be raised to 36m

Chief executive Kenny Jacobs warns that cap was deterring airlines from seeking slots at Dublin, denying State potentially valuable new air routes

Dublin Airport manager seeking deal to lease Gannon car park

DAA has approached developer Gerry Gannon after regulator prevented authority from buying car park outright

DAA criticised over response to Dublin Airport noise complaints

State airports company says it is consulting with air traffic control body and other agencies

Dublin Airport may be restricted to 14.4m passengers in winter

Ryanair warns such a move would hit those travelling over Christmas, midterms and for sports events

Aviation entrepreneur Ulick McEvaddy and his vision for Dublin Airport

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Dublin Airport capacity limits could have ‘very significant’ impact on Irish economy

New report highlights that every 1 million passengers not allowed to arrive at airport could cost Irish economy €1.4 billion

Passenger limits threaten to hamstring Dublin Airport and damage economy

DAA has moved late to apply for a lifting of a cap on numbers that it knew was coming for the past 16 years, putting the ball in Fingal County Council’s court

Passenger restrictions at Dublin Airport will hit all aviation activity — DAA

General flights, business flights, as well as extra flights for big sporting events to be affected, Kenny Jacobs to tell Oireachtas

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