Ryanair react to CAR report on second terminal

Ryanair has today reacted angrily to the Commission for Aviation Regulation’s (CAR) Draft Decision on the Review of Airport Charges.

The airline has now called on CAR to either block Dublin Airport Authority’s plans for the €850m second terminal (T2) at Dublin Airport or force Aer Lingus to pay for it.

Ryanair went on to criticise CAR for its alleged inaction during the past two years.

“The CAR’s draft decision has now confirmed what Ryanair has been saying all along – DAA’s T2 is excessively large and grossly expensive,” said Ryanair’s head of regulatory affairs, Jim Callaghan.

“DAA is driving this development for the sole purpose of inflating its so-called regulated asset base (RAB), from which airport charged are derived, which will allow it to an almost doubling in airport charges.

“Despite this, the CAR is allowing DAA to proceed with this development and the Regulator expects Ryanair’s passengers to subsidise this white elephant, which will never be fully utilised because of Fingal County Council planning restrictions, which place a ceiling on the combined capacity of Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 of 30-35 mppa.”