Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion

Mr. Kenny Jacobs:

Absolutely not. I met the general aviation operators about a month ago. We have a very good dialogue on how we would, in the future and as part of the infrastructure application, allow them to potentially be able to access the western part of the airfield more directly. For example, some people keep saying the underpass that was shown in the video is not needed. It is needed and one of the reasons it could be needed is to get people from the eastern side of the airfield to the western side without the drive that some but not all of them have at the moment. I fully agree with them. The DAA, the operators, Aer Lingus and Ryanair want the cap lifted. It will allow companies to operate and grow but until we get the green light on the infrastructure application, we will be managing the airport to the 32 million figure. That is the right thing to do.

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