O’Leary’s Terminal II case rejected

THE space you allocate to letters is not large enough for me to address all of the untruths contained in Michael O’Leary’s letter (December 3), so instead I will merely tackle the three most blatant falsehoods.

1: Dublin airport’s Terminal II (T2) is costing €1.3 bn.

The overall T2 project is costing €609m. This covers the cost of the new terminal building (€395m), the new Pier E boarding gate facility, a new energy centre and a major upgrade of the airport’s Campus Road network. The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is currently investing a total of €1.2bn to improve the passenger experience at Dublin airport. This investment programme includes not just T2, but also the Pier D facility opened in October 2007, the extension to Terminal 1 which opened in April of this year, new car hire facilities, €80m worth of new aircraft parking stands and taxiways and a €50m investment in new water, waste, electricity, gas and communications services for the airport campus.