Airport plans to build 50m dedicated low-fare facility

DUBLIN Airport management yesterday announced a 50m euro plan to vastly improve low-fare passenger facilities within the next two years.

Aer Rianta said it was seeking planning permission to build a new 50m dedicated low-fare facility and hoped work could be completed by 2004. The State-owned airport authority plans to build a 150,000 sq ft pier with disembarkation facilities for 12 planes to cater for 10 million passengers per year.

“The new pier will facilitate low-cost traffic and will contribute significantly to developing passenger facilities at Dublin Airport,” Aer Rianta chairman Noel Hanlon said.