Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports
Ms Eil?s Docherty:
Absolutely, yes. Both ourselves and Emerald Airlines will seek that the DAA would look at doing that. We did have it previously, whereby passengers flying in from Donegal could fast-track through immigration. Unfortunately, at the moment our passengers have to join the queue, which can increase the time. Leaving Donegal, you can get from the car park in Donegal Airport and be on board the aircraft within 30 minutes. Unfortunately, it is not the same in reverse. Anything that could be done to ease the passage for domestic traffic through Dublin would be very welcome. We have the standard 3 explosive detection systems, EDS, baggage check. When Dublin gets that in place, it will obviously help queuing times in Dublin. Those are the three issues that we have.
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