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:
I will have to revert to the committee on whether it was part of the 65 movements. I am informed that it was part of the 65 movements.
On the point raised by Deputy Smith, we have turned airlines away. We are flagging that we might need to do more next year. We have removed a growth incentive that we previously had in place for airlines. We are saying we are managing to the cap and, therefore, we will not incentivise new growth until we need it. We do not need new growth because we are actively managing down. Ethiopian Airlines now makes its technical stop at Airport Roma Fiumicino rather than Dublin Airport. We have turned a few airlines away and told a few airlines they simply cannot add whatever capacity they want next year. That process will continue.
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