Airlines join court challenge to council's nighttime flights enforcement notice

Ryanair and Aer Lingus join Dublin Airport Authority in challenge to notice from Fingal County Council directing the operator of Dublin airport to restrict nighttime flights to a maximum of 65 per night

On Monday, the court heard the council stands over the validity of its enforcement notice, which was issued in August following a four-month investigation. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins 

Ryanair and Aer Lingus will participate in a High Court challenge to a notice directing the operator of Dublin airport to restrict nighttime flights to a maximum of 65 per night.

Last August, the Dublin Airport Authority (Daa) secured a court order pausing the effect of Fingal County Council’s enforcement notice, which was issued on grounds that the number of flights scheduled by the airport exceeds the terms of a planning condition regarding runway operations between 11pm and 7am.