Ryanair lodges objection to Dublin Airport underpass

Daa says the airport needs the underpass but Ryanair says the project would 'contribute towards an excessively high per passenger price cap and damage the recovery of Irish aviation'

Ryanair argues that the business case for spending over €200m on an underpass under the 16/34 runway at Dublin Airport has not been made. Picture: Colin Keegan

Ryanair has lodged an objection to plans by Dublin airport operator, Daa, to construct a €200m tunnel under the 16/34 runway at the airport.

The airport operator lodged the plans last month with a Daa planning report stating that the underpass “will provide a short, quick and safe access” from the eastern campus to the western campus of the airport “that will avoid interfaces with operating runways and taxiways”.