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

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

Regarding this third terminal on the western side, what are Mr. Jacobs's thoughts on that? I am not talking about the land ownership. Say the DAA owned all of that land, at the moment, would it be thinking about putting facilities over there? It is talking about having new stands in that area, and general aviation. I might touch on the cap with reference to Deputy Crowe's point. Surely an executive jet with two people, while it counts as a movement, does not count as very many passengers in terms of the cap? If we take, for example, an Airbus A380 or A350 or a wide-bodied plane is coming in to do a chartered flight for, for example, the UEFA Europa League final, which is in Dublin next year, with the greatest of respect I do not think many people coming to the UEFA Europa League final will really want to fly into Cork or Shannon and have to travel to Dublin. If they are here for the weekend, they will want to fly in and out of Dublin. Is Mr. Jacobs saying that those flights are likely to be refused, negotiated out of the system or whatever?

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