Ryanair opposes Dublin Airport Metro plan

Budget carrier Ryanair today called for the cancellation of the €1.5bn Dublin Airport Metro and called for this money to be used on either expanding the M50 motorway or building hospitals and schools.

The airline stated that international experience of Metro services at other airports, particularly in the UK, shows that less than 25% of passengers travelling to/from an airport actually use these direct rail links. This is because the overwhelming majority of passengers using an airport travel to that airport either to/from their homes rather than from the centre of the city.