CHALLENGE ON T2
Ryanair Holdings PLC
27 September 2007
RYANAIR CHALLENGES PERMISSION ON T2 AND THE REGULATOR'S DECISION ON AIRPORT
CHARGES
Ryanair, Ireland's largest airline, today (27th September 2007) announced that
it has applied for a judicial review of An Bord Pleanala's decision upholding
planning permission for the DAA's €800m. second terminal (T2), and also the
Commission for Aviation Regulation's (CAR's) decision to allow the majority of
DAA's massively inflated costs for T2 to be recovered through higher passenger
charges. Both applications were filed with the High Court this afternoon.
Commenting on these two legal actions, Ryanair's Head of Regulatory Affairs, Jim
Callaghan, said:
'Ryanair has long been an advocate of a low cost, efficient second terminal
at Dublin Airport to cater for the growth of low fares traffic, which now
accounts for the vast majority of traffic in Dublin Airport. Ryanair even
offered to pay for and build such facilities over 5 years ago but was
blocked by the Government, who preferred to allow the monopoly airport
operator to build further gold plated, massively inefficient facilities at
Dublin Airport.
'These two applications for the High Court to judicially review the decision
of An Bord Pleanala approving T2 and the CAR's decision allowing the DAA to
recover the inflated costs of T2 are aimed at preventing further passenger
charge increases and inefficiency at Dublin Airport. The DAA has a long
history of providing inefficient, gold plated facilities (e.g., the new
terminal in Cork, and Pier C and the original terminal extension in Dublin
Airport) that do not meet the requirements of users and increase costs to
airlines and their passengers.
'The basis of both of these legal challenges is that the T2 facility as
proposed by DAA is massively oversized, as CAR has now confirmed, it costs
approximately 4 times what it should and will double passenger charges at
Dublin Airport. Moreover, there is still time to allow DAA to provide
facilities that meet the requirements of users but do not increase passenger
charges further given that the existing facilities have enough capacity
until 2011/2012.
'If the DAA monopoly goes ahead with this ridiculous development, then the
users of T2, i.e., Aer Lingus, should have to pay for it, not Ryanair's low
fares passengers who will continue to use the old terminal'.
Ends. Thursday, 27th September 2007
For further information please contact:
Peter Sherrard Pauline McAlester/Robert Marshall
Ryanair Murray Consultants
Tel. 353-1-8121228 Tel. 353-1-4980300
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