Time for a second airport in Dublin?

Airport ran fine in 2019 with more passengers using it than now, issue is with not enough staff, particularly security screening staff, nothing more.

time to start using the other airports in the country at a par price.

Send the flights to Cork, Shannon, Knock. I heard this week Dublin has 86% of the flights in the country

Well that is for the airlines to decide I suppose but DAA control both Dublin and Cork so there is one example where negotiation can take place. The DAA could offer a deal on fees if some flights went to Cork.

Run the one we have properly and there won’t be a need for a second airport.

it wouldn’t be commercially viable… only place it could be built would be truly on the outskirts of the city. South or southwest.

to purchase a land space big enough for terminals, runways etc…

even a moderately sized airport compared to Dublin you’d need about 2000 acres of land… terminals, remote parking for aircraft, hangers, offices, runways and associated navigation aids like approach lights, ILS, fire station, ATC tower… police, Garda, immigration,

an acre of land is around 12,000 euros. You’d need about 2000- 2500 acres of land.

so about 30 million to pay for land before you build a thing.

how do people get there ?

healthy competition ? Not really… airports are extremely expensive to run, staff and maintain… and having to build one from scratch ? You’d be by my estimation a couple of hundred million euros in the hole before you see a plane land or takeoff… take a long time before a profit would be made.

Heavens above they can't even manage one 😁

I think there used to be an area in T1 dedicated to routing pax to these flights, prior to the construction of new piers (if I recall correctly). It makes so much sense.

Just need to use Cork and Shannon more. Cork in particular is underused considering the industry and companies within the area and the population amount within 90 minutes of Cork.

Let Ryanair build a privatised T3. Will alleviate congestion, increase competition and not cost the taxpayer a penny.

Yes, but let them build it at Baldonnell instead.

You can be in Belfast, Shannon and Cork faster than most airports that Ryanair fly into as the airport for a major city. Try getting a taxi from Frankfurt Haan to Frankfurt. And it can take 3+ hours to get between Gatwick, Stansted and Heathrow.

Dublin doesn't need another Airport. Dublin people need to start to move outside the M50 for more things.

Should not be building that runway when they can't manage what they have .

Baldonnel has land , access via a motorway and is underused .

Also many people around the country would prefer to fly through Cork or Shannon but the airlines are not giving them that option enough .

The option isn’t there because the business case isn’t. There isn’t the population to support it.

Do what they did in Japan and Hong Kong. Build an artificial island and use that. Sure Dalkey Island would be grand and it's right beside the DART too. We'd finally have a rail link.