Aviation

Aer Lingus demand interim increase to 32 million passenger cap at Dublin Airport

Airline blasts DAA’s failure to lodge application before last December

Aer Lingus has hit out at DAA’s failure to lodge application to increase passenger cap before December

Aer Lingus is calling on Fingal County Council to grant an immediate interim increase in the 32 million passenger cap at Dublin Airport pending a decision on the application.

The airline has blasted the Dublin Airport Authority’s failure to submit its application not increase the passenger cap to 40 million before last December.

The airline has said in its submission that DAA “could have and should have” made its application well in advance of when ...