Charges blow for airport board

THE incoming board of the Dublin Airport Authority will be dealt a blow this morning with a report by the aviation regulator recommending no immediate rise in airport charges.

The regulator will today publish a consultation paper seeking views of the industry on any changes to the level of charges the airport can impose.

However, the regulator said the break-up of Aer Rianta into three separate airport authorities, with Dublin taking on much of Cork and Shannon’s debt, “does not itself require any significant adjustment to airport charges at Dublin.”