Outgoing DAA chief executive to take up position at London airport

DEPARTING chief executive of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), Declan Collier is resigning tomanage an airport where passenger levels were 12% of those at DAA airports last year.

The announcement by the DAA of Mr Collier’s decision not to renew his contract in April and take up the role of London City Airport’s chief executive comes five months after he opted to forego a bonus of €106,000 following a confrontation between Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar and the DAA board.

In place since April 2005, Mr Collier received a salary of €308,000 last year. The DAA is also currently without a chairman, following David Dilger’s decision to resign in May.