Dublin Airport will exceed 32 million passenger cap, DAA warns
Dublin Airport is set to breach its passenger cap this year by one million people, operator DAA has warned.
The airport is permitted a maximum of 32 million passengers a year. However, DAA is forecasting the final figure will be closer to 33 million.
It cited a record-breaking summer at Dublin Airport for the extra passengers.
DAA has applied to Fingal County Council to increase the current terminals passenger cap of 32 million passengers a year to 40 million as part of a broader Infrastructure Application (IA).
DAA chief executive Kenny Jacobs said Dublin Airport is “being stalled by an outdated passenger cap”.
Mr Jacobs said: “Overall, I’m optimistic about the future except for one thing: the fact that growth at Dublin Airport is now being stalled by an outdated passenger cap, a very lengthy planning process and a lack of joined-up thinking on critical infrastructure in Ireland.
This leaves Dublin Airport caught between a rock and a hard place.
“This leaves Dublin Airport…
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