Ryanair today (11th Nov) called on the Government to force the DAA monopoly to reduce Dublin Airport’s charges by at least 40%, in line with the recently announced reduction in IAA charges, after the DAA monopoly confirmed it will not be reducing its high passenger charges for 2012.
Ryanair confirmed that Dublin Airport is the most expensive of the 160 airports it operates to/from, which is why the DAA monopoly’s Dublin traffic has plummeted by 20% to just 18.4m (2010) from its peak of 23.4m pax in 2008.
Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said;
“Dublin Airport continues to suffer traffic declines while Ireland’s largest airline, Ryanair, continues to grow. In light of today’s confirmation that the DAA monopoly will not reduce charges in 2012 the Irish Government must take action to force a reduction of at least 40% to the DAA monopoly’s high Dublin charges, which is in line with reductions recently announced by the IAA.
Clearly Ryanair’s formula of low fares works, whereas tourist taxes and the DAA monopoly’s high fees continue to damage Irish tourism and jobs.”
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Source: Ryanair
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