Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion
Mr. Kenny Jacobs:
We are incentivising the best type of aircraft from a sustainability point of view. At the same time, very old aircraft will pay higher charges. We have the yin and the yang of that, which is the right direction. Newer aircraft are a massive step change from very old aircraft. The worst thing from a sustainability point of view is very old aircraft with very low load factors. Dublin Airport is actually way beyond the European average in terms of the average aircraft age and in terms of the load factors because we have low-cost airlines like Ryanair, which is such a big part of Dublin Airport. If we take that type of aircraft mix, that type of load factor mix and the type of trip that happens, the lie of the land for us is generally quite favourable. The incentive that I described earlier is for newer aircraft to encourage airlines on that journey. Do I want way more newer aircraft coming in and out of Dublin Airport? Absolutely, yes.
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