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<\/p>\nThe DAA has also warned that Donald Trump\u2019s macroeconomic policy, including the imposition of tariffs, has \u201cincreased uncertainty and risk\u201d for the broader aviation sector.<\/p>\n
They are among the aviation groups and airlines that have made submissions to the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) as the agency considers the maximum passenger charges that the DAA will be permitted to levy at Dublin Airport between 2027 and 2031 under its pricing determination.<\/p>\n
Aer Lingus has claimed in its submission that the DAA has benefited from \u201csystemic excess profits\u201d because it \u201cis strongly incentivised to underestimate passenger forecasts [at Dublin Airport] to place upward pressure on the per-passenger charge\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe the current infrastructure planning by DAA is insufficient to meet the needs of Ireland\u2019s growing passenger demand and fails to uphold the regulator\u2019s statutory duty to protect current and future passengers,\u201d notes the submission from the McEvaddy-backed firm, DA Terminal 3 (DAT3).<\/p>\n
The company acts on behalf of owners, including the McEvaddys, of a landbank between the two main runways at Dublin Airport, where it has been vying to secure permission for the construction of a privately-owned third terminal at the gateway.<\/p>\n
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Ulick McEvaddy. Photo: David Conachy<\/p>\n
Today’s News in 90 Seconds, Thursday, October 23 <\/p>\n
Dublin Airport is expected to handle about 36 million passengers this year. A 32 million annual passenger cap was introduced in 2007 as a planning condition attached to the construction of Terminal 2. However, that cap is all but suspended following related challenges to the High Court that resulted in certain matters related to the cap being referred to Europe.<\/p>\n
The DAA, whose chief executive is Kenny Jacobs, has an infrastructure development application with Fingal County Council that also seeks to lift Dublin Airport\u2019s annual passenger capacity to 40 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cost anticipated by the DAA for its proposed developments and increasing the capacity by a mere 20pc is \u20ac2.2bn,\u201d the McEvaddy firm has insisted in its submission to the IAA. \u201cFor approximately the same investment on a new terminal building, DAT3 will double the capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n
The DAA has previously dismissed the DAT3\u2019s calls for a third terminal, and specifically one at the location proposed by the group. DAT3 has also been trying to sell the land on which it planned to build the third terminal.<\/p>\n
The DAA has told the IAA that \u201cmore regulatory flexibility may have to be provided to Dublin Airport to be able to weather these uncertainties, to ensure it is able to remain financeable, and provide outcomes in the best interests of passengers\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cGeopolitical conflicts across Ukraine and the Middle East have had an acute impact on the global aviation industry, including flight schedules, fuel supplies and prices, and overall passenger demand,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUS macroeconomic policy including the imposition of tariffs on various nations as well as goods and services, has increased uncertainty and risk,\u201d notes its submission to the IAA.<\/p>\n
It adds: \u201cDublin Airport is capacity constrained and will remain so for the determination timeline. This will impact demand, facilitation and ultimately passenger experience. To continue to deliver the optimal passenger experience and continued improvements, we require an appropriate charges settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The DAA has also warned that Donald Trump\u2019s macroeconomic policy, including the imposition of tariffs, has \u201cincreased uncertainty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[2442,79,38997,26,18,19,17,24512],"class_list":{"0":"post-141390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-aer-lingus","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-daa","11":"tag-dublin-airport","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-john-mulligan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115425643504749047","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}