Aviation regulator rejects a DAA demand for rise in passenger charges

THE aviation regulator has dealt the Dublin Airport Authority a severe blow in its efforts to recover the €1.2 billion airport expansion cost, by ruling out a demand for a rise in passenger charges.

The Commission for Aviation Regulator (CAR) has kept airport charges at Dublin Airport on hold at €6.34 per passenger until 2009 and indicated that charges from 2010-2014 will be below what the DAA had sought.

Construction of the new terminal at Dublin Airport, called T2, has yet to begin. Planning permission for the terminal was granted late last year, but was appealed to Bord Pleanála which is due to issue its final decision in the next few weeks.