Compensation deals struck by US pilot unions with Southwest, United and American Airlines in 2023 will have inspired Ialpa, according to UK analysts. However, they caution much has changed in the past year.
PFAS, a range of chemicals linked to various health issues including cancer, were detected during soil sampling in 2016 at a site the airport authority planned to develop for its new runway.
With Metrolink over a decade away, more car spaces is the only short-term option to tackle parking pressure at Dublin Airport. But recent decisions from local and national authorities are not helping matters.
The owner of the Holiday Inn Hotel was refused permission to continue using its car park for airport parking. It is now appealing the decision to An Bord Pleanála. Other hotels in the airport vicinity will be watching.
The developer Gerry Gannon agreed to sell a 41-acre site adjacent to Dublin Airport to the DAA last year. However, the deal has yet to close with the Competition and Consumer Commission escalating its investigations.
The former owner of Beauparc Utilities is in discussions with the promoters of a direct jet fuel link between Dublin’s port and airport. Here is the background of the proposed project.
More than a decade on from the crash, property developer Gerry Gannon says he is still significantly indebted to Nama, and he now plans to put the vast car park in Santry on the market to pay down debts to the state agency.
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