Battle for the car parks to begin at Dublin Airport

The opening of a second car park facility beside Dublin Airport on Friday could lead to a price war between it and the current car park operator Aer Rianta.

Quick Park is to open a low cost car park close to Dublin Airport on the old airport road.

The car park will be serviced by a fleet of coaches that will travel to and from the airport’s main terminal building every five minutes.

Quick Park’s standard daily tariff will be €5, according to the businessman behind the venture, John O’Sullivan.

He was formerly behind the Aircoach operation and sold 90% of the company to UK bus operator Firstgroup for €15m last month, netting him €7m in the process.

O’Sullivan, who retains a 10% stake in Aircoach said today : “Quick Park will now bring competition and will challenge the state monopoly of Aer Rianta on its overpriced car parking tariff.

“Quick Park will provide the frequent leisure or business traveller with low cost parking and a shuttle service to and from the Airport,” he added.

The car park is located on a 29.5-acre site that will hold up to 3,500 cars.

Dockstop Ltd trading as Quick Park has leased the site from Gannon Homes.

The company is currently arranging a series of affinity deals with a number of business interests which will be made public in the near future.