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:

Even though they were historic. We are above the cap, so the IAA is under pressure to reduce flights. The problem is that it is a calendar cap, so the pressure comes on at Christmas. The IAA let additional flights in during the summer, so it will have to cut the Christmas flights because there was more growth during the summer and it now has to get the passenger numbers back under 32 million.