Dublin Airport seeks to change night-time hours

The DAA claims its new runway proposal will help Ireland to recover from the Covid-19 economic crisis. 

A man wearing protective face mask walks through Terminal 2 in Dublin Airport. File picture: Brian Lawless

DAA, the owner of Dublin and Cork airports, said it will seek to change what it claims are "onerous conditions" for the night hours during which it is allowed to operate its planned new runway in Dublin. 

The permitted hours for the new North Runway, between 11pm and 7am, also mean it can have only 65 plan "movements" at the airport during the night hours.