Waste at the Dublin Airport Monopoly
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13-Apr-07 - Ryanair stated that Irish passengers are enduring endless queues, unsafe congestion and rip off parking charges at Dublin International Airport due to the DAA monopoly.
According to Ryanir, DAA's "mismanagement programme" includes:
- The Regulator has confirmed that the already high charges at Dublin airport will double because of current "developments” proposed by the Dublin Airport monopoly.
- Terminal 2 will now cost over €800m – 4 times more than the €200m cost the DAA first announced in September 2005.
- This is 10 times more expensive than similar sized terminals elsewhere in Europe.
- Frankfurt is also developing a 15m passenger terminal, however this will cost just €60m.
- Frankfurt Hahn airport serves Germany's second largest metropolitan area with a population of 5 million, more than double Dublin airport's catchment area of 2 million.
- The Dublin Airport monopoly's waste and overspending is on an e-voting machine scale.
- Charges at Dublin would fall, not double if this Government had kept its election promise to deliver an independent terminal at Dublin Airport.
- Competition will deliver better facilities and lower passenger charges. The DAA monopoly delivers waste, queues, congestion and price doubling.
Speaking today, Ryanair's Head of Communications Peter Sherrard said:
"This Government has broken its Agreed Programme for Government promise to deliver an independent terminal at Dublin airport. As a result, the DAA will now waste €800m on Terminal 2, four times more than the €200m cost when the DAA first announced it in Sept 2005. This fourfold cost explosion will cause passenger charges to double.
"Charges at Dublin airport would fall, not double if this Government had kept its pledge. Competition is what Irish passengers and visitors need, not more DAA waste, mismanagement and price gouging".
Date posted; 13-Feb-07
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