Calling on the Irish government to scrap the 32 million traffic cap at Dublin Airport, Ryanair on Friday warned that such restrictions could lead to higher fares for passengers using the facility next summer.
The budget airline said the Irish Aviation Authority has suggested summer 2025 traffic at Dublin airport must be reduced by up to 1 million passengers in order to comply with the 32 million cap.
Any such restrictions, the airline argued, will damage Irish tourism and jobs, and will lead to much higher fares for passengers.
The airline further argued that the cap should no longer apply because it was introduced in 2007 to address then concerns that road traffic to/from Dublin Airport would exceed road capacity when Dublin reached 32m passengers.
“No such strain exists and road traffic around Dublin Airport is moving freely, thanks to a large switch to public transport (bus services) to/from the airport. Since the circumstances have changed, and there is no threat to road traffic, the Irish Govt should now act to scrap this unnecessary but deeply damaging 2007 traffic cap,” it added.