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Dublin Airport’s capacity capped at 32 million, the DAA has announced that it will incentivise airlines to use Cork as an alternative. While lifting the cap at Dublin has been opposed by the Shannon lobby, the move from DAA will make it more difficult for Shannon to compete. At one time the three State airports, Dublin, Cork and Shannon, were all under the Aer Rianta banner. Then for a period of time all three were under DAA, before Shannon exited in 2013. While Shannon is currently performing well, and is set to reach two million passengers this year, when the separation happened it was envisaged that the airport would hit that milestone years earlier. Speaking about the moves to incentivise airlines to go with Cork, DAA CEO Kenny Jacobs said, “Cork Airport will continue to expand its route network, including offering new incentives to encourage airlines that are capped from growing at Dublin to take advantage of Cork Airport’s great …

    EAST Clare councillors have expressed concern over the stranglehold Dublin Airport has on the grown of passenger numbers over the last five years. Passenger numbers at Shannon Airport are expected to be up to around 1.8 million by the end of this year representing over 30% of an increase since the airport became independent, separating from the Dublin group five years ago. Cork Airport has grown by more than 2%, which translates into 50,000 and Knock Airport by 12% in the same period Traffic at Shannon Airport has grown by over 400,000 since 2013, when the airport began managing its own business future after new legislation allowed it function independently of the Dublin Airport Authority. However, Shannon Heritage managing director, Niall O’Callaghan pointed out the “unhealthy dominance” of Dublin Airport comes sharply into focus with confirmation passengers numbers at the city terminal grew by almost ten million in the same period. Given the focus on regional developments and …