18:55 TD looking to encourage airlines to consider regional airports
-Clare deputy Cathal Crowe says Shannon stopover not making a comeback
- The Irish Times22/04 Call to reinstate Shannon Airport stopover ‘bizarre’, warns DAA chief
-Fianna Fáil TD for Clare Cathal Crowe has sought law compelling flights to land at midwestern airport
- The Irish Times19/04 Aer Lingus considers flights to Mexico’s Cancún resort
-Service would be a first for Irish carrier
- The Irish Times10/04 Dublin Airport operator launches noise information portal for residents
-DAA chief executive says it is ‘committed to being good neighbours’ and listening to community concerns
- The Irish Times28/03 Dublin Airport cap at risk of being dragged into US trade tensions
-American carrier group Airlines for America to meet Government officials to discuss contentious limit
- The Irish Times15/01 DAA claims 36m passenger cap application had been deemed valid
-Amid planning deepening dispute, CEO Kenny Jacobs calls for urgent reclassification of Dublin Airport at strategic national infrastructure
- The Irish Times20/12 Dublin Airport seeks immediate passenger cap increase to 36m
-Airport operator DAA hopes interim measure designed to address capacity crunch will move quickly through planning system
- The Irish Times06/12 US airlines urge politicians to act on Dublin passenger cap election pledges
-Airlines for America lobby wrote to outgoing Minister of State at Department of Transport James Lawless as well as other senior politicians
- The Irish Times04/12 Planners could boost Dublin Airport cap to 40m next year - DAA chief
-Any decision faces likely appeals cautions DAA boss Kenny Jacobs
- The Irish Times06/11 Dublin Airport passengers could hit 35m next year
-Planners’ cap on numbers at the hub set to be exceeded for second straight year
- The Irish Times22/10 No cap on DAA’s income as revenue from retail, food and drink, rents and car parks soars at Dublin and Cork airports
-DAA’s income from aeronautical revenues, retail, food and beverage concessions, car parks, and property rents soared by an inflation-busting 15% between January and June
- The Irish Times15/10 Dublin passenger cap costing regional airports, Kerry Airport boss tells Taoiseach
-Kerry gateway chief executive warns Taoiseach Simon Harris of threats to growth
- The Irish Times15/09 Tax the rich in Budget 2025, says independent Oireachtas unit
-Seen & Heard: Matt Ryan’s Press Up exit; Capreit vows ‘never again’ to invest in Ireland; Airport cap could face EU challenge
- The Irish Times05/09 DAA’s breach of Dublin Airport passenger cap is not a good look for a State-owned company
-Imagine the uproar if a property developer ignored their planning permission limitations?
- The Irish Times28/08 O’Leary and Jacobs apocalyptic double act is best ignored
-Government should not let itself be bounced into intervening over the passenger cap because of claims about €500 flights and half a billion in lost tourism revenue
- The Irish Times26/08 Christmas air fares could hit ‘record high’ because of passenger cap, Michael O’Leary warns
-Ryanair chief says 32 million passenger restriction will lead to record high air fares
- The Irish Times08/07 DAA lowers charges at Cork Airport to encourage airlines to switch routes
-Move comes as airport operator remains subject to passenger number cap in Dublin
- The Irish Times26/06 Car parking at Dublin Airport is big business, so why has the sale of the unused QuickPark facility stalled?
-Many parties are interested in buying. But the longer the stalemate persists, the greater the likelihood of bidders drifting away
- The Irish Times21/06 DAA boss Jacobs holds shares in three airline groups
-Shareholdings in airlines run by Ryanair, AIG and Lufthansa predate appointment to CEO and are included in SIPO returns - DAA says
- The Irish Times20/06 Property developer makes €70m-plus bid to buy car park beside Dublin Airport
-Pat Crean was an underbidder in original sale process for QuickPark site before DAA’s bid was blocked
- The Irish Times19/06 DAA chief Kenny Jacobs owns shares in 12 airlines that operate out of Dublin Airport
-CEO of State-owned DAA tells Oireachtas transport committee that owning the shares was not a conflict of interest
- The Irish Times22/05 Dublin Airport manager seeking deal to lease Gannon car park
-DAA has approached developer Gerry Gannon after regulator prevented authority from buying car park outright
- The Irish Times21/05 DAA criticised over response to Dublin Airport noise complaints
-State airports company says it is consulting with air traffic control body and other agencies
- The Irish Times04/05 Dublin Airport may be restricted to 14.4m passengers in winter
-Ryanair warns such a move would hit those travelling over Christmas, midterms and for sports events
- The Irish Times15/01 Dublin Airport capacity limits could have ‘very significant’ impact on Irish economy
-New report highlights that every 1 million passengers not allowed to arrive at airport could cost Irish economy €1.4 billion
- The Irish Times01/01 Passenger limits threaten to hamstring Dublin Airport and damage economy
-DAA has moved late to apply for a lifting of a cap on numbers that it knew was coming for the past 16 years, putting the ball in Fingal County Council’s court
- The Irish Times22/11 Passenger restrictions at Dublin Airport will hit all aviation activity — DAA
-General flights, business flights, as well as extra flights for big sporting events to be affected, Kenny Jacobs to tell Oireachtas
- The Irish Times04/11 Application to increase Dublin Airport passenger cap to be lodged within weeks
-DAA chief says process likely to take two years and airlines may take extra capacity elsewhere in interim
- The Irish Times18/10 Gary McLean takes charge at Dublin Airport
-John Brennan to head new IT strategy division at airport operator DAA
- The Irish Times10/09 Owners of ‘strategic’ land at Dublin Airport say they plan to sell to ‘international fund’
-Ulick McEvaddy says DAA’s €75m bid for land between runways is ‘derisory’
- The Irish Times05/09 Dublin Airport contributes €9.6 billion to economy
-Dublin Airport is to submit a planning application later this year for developments which would enable the airport to grow to 40 million passengers a year.
- RTE02/08 Dublin Airport given six weeks to cut night flights
-Fingal County Council has given Dublin Airport only six weeks to comply with a notice to reduce the number of night flights it can operate.
- RTE14/06 DAA only likely bidder for Dublin Airport site
-Chief executive advises travellers to book car parking in advance
- The Irish Times