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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 …
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