Dublin airport’s biggest airline carrier halts planning application
30 March 2023
Dublin airport鈥檚 biggest airline carrier, Ryanair, is reported to have lodged a planning appeal against the green light for a 鈧200 million tunnel planned for the airport.
Dublin Airport (Photo: AdobeStock)
Last month, Fingal County Council granted planning permission to the airport operator, daa for the tunnel under the airport鈥檚 鈥楥rosswind鈥 runway.
The planned twin-cell enclosed subterranean tunnel is 700 metres long with the overall alignment being 1.1 km in length.
Ryanair is said to be concerned that the building works will lead to considerable disruption to airport activities and do not believe that alternative solutions have been addressed.
Daa instated the plans with the intention 鈥榯o improve the safety and efficiency of the airfield鈥 but it was confirmed earlier in the week that聽Ryanair and the local resident鈥檚 group, SMTW Environmental DAC, had lodged a complaint against this.
The underpass is a part of daa鈥檚 鈧1.9 billion Capital Investment Plan and according to the company 鈥渨ill provide both direct and indirect benefits to all operators at the airport.鈥
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