Dublin Airport looked at suspending business jet travel over passenger cap

Records reveal Daa, which operates the airport, was warned any move to cut business aviation access would send an 'extremely damaging signal' to international business

Daa explored options so it would not have to curtail business aviation, and its legal and planning team had examined whether certain flights could be excluded from passenger cap calculations. Picture: Billy Higgins

Dublin Airport looked at suspending all business jet travel as it faced the prospect of breaching its 32 million annual passenger cap.

Newly released records reveal how Daa, which operates the airport, was warned any move to cut business aviation access would send an “extremely damaging signal” to international business.