Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair
Mr. Michael O'Leary:
No. We are getting our position our there first. If we are not able to add 270,000 additional seats to and from Dublin this year, the flights coming home at Christmas are going to cost dramatically more. We will hear that airlines are profiteering and putting up fares at Christmas but I want it to be known that we are not putting up the fares because it is Christmas. We are putting them up because we have an arcane and idiotic traffic cap at Dublin Airport that is preventing us from adding 270,000 extra seats.
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