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

Photo of Gerry HorkanGerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I understand surface access and sustainability as regards aligning national bodies and staff and getting planning moving faster, supporting the balance between sustainability and climate change and being able to move around and bring people to this country, export and so on.

On the expansion, regardless of the natural population growth, Mr. Jacobs mentioned South America and Asia. Is DAA looking more at expansion of short-haul flights, such as bigger capacity on the routes we have, perhaps having wide-bodied aircraft on some of the European routes, such as to Malaga or the Faro Islands, that are operating already or more at an expansion of long-haul flights to Asia and South America? What is the next step for the airport for new destinations?

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