Second terminal at Dublin airport given go ahead

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2006 / October 26

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has secured planning permission from Fingal County Council for a 75,000sq m second terminal at Dublin International Airport, due to open in late 2009. The council yesterday approved the DAA's plans for the terminal subject to 43 conditions including a €12.5 million infrastructure levy payable to the council. The terminal, which is set to cost over €600 million to develop, is essential, the DAA said, to deal with overcrowding and allow for expansion in passenger numbers from just under 20 million a year to as much as 30 million. The development of the new terminal will be the first major expansion in passenger facilities since the current terminal was built in the late 1960s. However, despite the growing capacity constraints, the DAA's plans have drawn significant opposition, particularly from Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary who said the new terminal was too costly, badly designed and in the wrong location.

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