Dublin Airport ‘baffled’ by council’s rejection of passenger cap increase

The operator of Dublin Airport has said it is “baffled and bewildered” by Fingal County Council’s decision to reject a bid to increase the passenger cap at the transport hub.

The DAA had applied to expand the cap from 32 to 36 million, after it broke the limit by 1 million passengers last year.

Fingal County Council said the application was invalid because it failed to comply with planning and development regulations.

Kenny Jacob, chief executive of DAA, described the decision as “bizarre”.

“What we find most bizarre about this flip-flop by Fingal Council planning department is that this is an operational application, this is not us building anything – this is a straightforward no-build application,” he told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland.

“[The council] validated it on December 23rd. We have that in writing from Fingal’s planning department. The second time they validated it was on January 6th, so they appear to be in some type of chaos,” Mr Jacob said.

“This is the third piece of…

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