Daa claims draft decision to cut Dublin Airport night flights has 'significant contradictions'

On Monday, An Bord Pleanála said, in ruling on an application for a ‘relevant action’ by Daa to amend the planning permission under which its north runway was constructed, that the airport should restrict its number of night flights to 13,000 per year — a figure some 20,000 shy of the number of such flights being handled by Dublin Airport at present. File photo

The administrator of Dublin Airport has said a draft decision by An Bord Pleanála calling for the curbing of night flights at the airport “does not reflect what was intended from this process”.

Daa said that the new decision contains what appear to be “significant contradictions”. It said as it stands the draft ruling “would be a backward step that will significantly impact aviation and passenger numbers at Dublin Airport”.