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:

Now Ryanair has announced that it will be removing some winter capacity, which it has done. Let us see what they want to do next year. As part of managing capacity to 32 million in line with the planning, we have taken away a growth incentive. Some airlines will not like that and they might decide to move aircraft elsewhere, and that might be the decision that Ryanair would make.

All the routes that the Leas-Chathaoirleach listed are fantastic. That is new connectivity for Ireland to places in North America and Canada that we have not had before. They are small numbers, in terms of the passengers and in terms of the number of flights, but it is good connectivity. It is great for business and it is great for the diaspora in those parts of the US and Canada.

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