Daa chief says Dublin Airport passenger cap could be raised within two years

Terminal 2 and other parts of Dublin Airport went red for World Blood Donor Day last Friday. Daa chief Kenny Jacobs told the Oireachtas transport committee the bid to increase the airport's passenger cap could be achieved within two years.   Picture: Maxwells

The head of airport administrator Daa has said he is hopeful that Dublin Airport’s controversial cap of 32m passengers per year can be raised to 40m within the next two years.

Daa chief executive Kenny Jacobs told the Oireachtas transport committee that, contrary to Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary’s assertion that the application to raise the cap will take five years, his expectation is that a change will be made within the next 24 months.