Aer Lingus CEO hopes next government will ‘look seriously’ at Dublin Airport passenger cap

“Hopefully a new government will look seriously at the passenger cap,” she said on Friday as Aer Lingus owner IAG released third quarter results.

“It does damage the Irish economy and it does need to be resolved,” she added. “We hope the planning process can catch up and we’ll get a permanent and positive resolution to this issue, hopefully next year.”

Dublin Airport is subject to a 32 million annual passenger cap under a 2007 planning condition attached to the construction of the airport’s Terminal 2.

The High Court granted a stay this week to Aer Lingus, Ryanair and a US airline lobby group against a decision by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) to impose a limit on passenger numbers at Dublin Airport next summer so that the gateway doesn’t breach its planning condition. The IAA planned to do that by reducing the number of available takeoff and landing slots.

Ms Embleton said that IAA proposal “conflicted” with European slot regulations and Aer Lingus’…

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