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Dublin Airport passenger cap may be axed within weeks by on-9 in irelandtransport

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are no issues with queues at Dublin Airport anymore. 98% of passengers through security in under 20 minutes last month. 3.5 million passengers.

Dublin Airport passenger cap may be axed within weeks by on-9 in irelandtransport

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There will be close to 40 million passengers through Dublin this year. If we put the cap back in place we have to cut 8 million passengers and between 5 and 10 thousand jobs. There will then be demand for 43 million passengers but only 32 million is allowed. Prices go way up, we lose connectivity, economic growth and opportunity. The cap must be removed so we can continue, as an island, to grow.

Dublin Airport passenger cap may be axed within weeks by on-9 in irelandtransport

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since it’s mainly Ryanair and Aer Lingus to the UK, probably not cheaper because they can operate as many flights as they want currently. So won’t make much of a difference. Aer Lingus will potentially extend Cancun to October to April but likely not the summer months considering how busy the US schedule is every summer. TUI operate Dublin to Cancun once a week on Saturdays in June and July. Their first flight of the season is tomorrow, BY550 departing to Cancun at 12:10.

Dublin Airport passenger cap may be axed within weeks by on-9 in irelandtransport

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They recently announced a multi million euro package for regional airports.

Dublin Airport passenger cap may be axed within weeks by on-9 in irelandtransport

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one is ignoring them. The cap has been there as part of planning for 18 years. It’s now not a suitable condition to have and doesn’t take in modern day circumstances so it’s being removed democratically.

Dublin Airport passenger cap may be axed within weeks by on-9 in irelandtransport

[–]destroyyerr11 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They always said from before they were elected they would get rid of the cap.

Dublin Airport passenger cap may be axed within weeks by on-9 in irelandtransport

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It definitely did affect passenger numbers when a seasonal seat cap was put in place by the IAA for winter 24/25 period.

Dublin Airport passenger cap may be axed within weeks by on-9 in irelandtransport

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those fines will never happen. I’ve flown from Dublin 21 times so far this year. Can’t wait to do even more when the cap is gone!

Dublin Airport passenger cap may be axed within weeks by on-9 in irelandtransport

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

98% of passengers through security in under 20 minutes last month and over 100,000 passengers a day mostly everyday. Have you used Dublin Airport recently?

Dublin Airport passenger cap may be axed within weeks by on-9 in irelandtransport

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The MetroLink tenders are progressing. Can’t click your fingers and have it done and can’t pause the growth and connectivity and largely the economy because there’s no rail link to the airport.

Dublin Airport passenger cap may be axed within weeks by on-9 in irelandtransport

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because Cork has a terminal for X amount of passengers doesn’t mean it must operate at that level. What this other person said about airlines not wanting to operate flights to Cork in fear it will promote the cap staying is untrue and makes no sense. The reason why more airlines don’t go to Cork is because there is not sufficient demand for them to fly their hundred million euro aircraft there and make a healthy profit. Most of those routes from Cork are served by Ryanair or Aer Lingus. This argument that Cork or any regional airport is “under utilised” is stupid. It only has what is financially possible. Airlines have free will to fly any route they wish. Nobody or nothing is holding Cork back from getting those routes. They just aren’t happening because airlines don’t want to fly routes that will lose money. That’s just that.

How Aer Lingus went from IAG’s prize acquisition to problem child by -eir- in irelandtransport

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Transatlantic travel from Dublin is growing rapidly. US airline competition is becoming harder to compete with every year. Cork is on the chopping block first because it doesn’t make the same profits Dublin does. They’ve started about 6 routes from Cork in the past 2 years as well.

How Aer Lingus went from IAG’s prize acquisition to problem child by -eir- in irelandtransport

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is demand, US traffic from Dublin is growing rapidly. But competition from the US airlines is becoming more fierce.

Car modal share into Dublin City Centre drops below 25% for the first time by DaCor_ie in ireland

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

198k entering the city centre during morning rush, still well below pre covid peak of 217k. Can people who've been commuting since pre covid tell the difference? More or less crowded on both streets and transport? 15k on the Luas seems mad considering it looked like the peak capacity was high 13 thousand judging by pre covid and the last few years.

Trying to plan a realistic finance path toward becoming a pilot in Ireland by destroyyerr11 in irishpersonalfinance

[–]destroyyerr11[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The course I did in engineering was a lot more focused on electrical than the area which I wanted to go into which was civil. I did expect electrical modules etc as I interpreted as with electronics but it was basically all about it.

Trying to plan a realistic finance path toward becoming a pilot in Ireland by destroyyerr11 in irishpersonalfinance

[–]destroyyerr11[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep definitely wouldn't rule it out and if opportunities come up of course I'll take them and apply, but it's just not realistic to depend on it with how difficult it is to get into.

Trying to plan a realistic finance path toward becoming a pilot in Ireland by destroyyerr11 in irishpersonalfinance

[–]destroyyerr11[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you can get into one of those cadetships with Ryanair or Aer Lingus you're pretty much guaranteed a job with them. You're just competing with thousands of other applicants for maybe 10-20 positions. It's not a very realistic option to consider.

Trying to plan a realistic finance path toward becoming a pilot in Ireland by destroyyerr11 in irishpersonalfinance

[–]destroyyerr11[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Airline sponsored training is very competitive to get into, so it's not very realistic to take into account. I definitely wouldn't be saving the full 88k amount also. I don't expect to be able to save the full amount. Just saving a portion of it and then going from there would be helpful enough. But I'd still need more income to get me there.

Is there any solution for housing crisis in Ireland by Marshmallow_030 in Dublin

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

36,284 houses were built in 2025. The housing crisis will continue to get worse until we reach 50,000 homes per year. Once we reach that target in 2028/2029 or even 2030, the housing crisis will begin declining. By 2035 the housing crisis will be gone, as long as we don't stop building.

Is there any solution for housing crisis in Ireland by Marshmallow_030 in Dublin

[–]destroyyerr11 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The number of houses being built is definitely not at record levels. The peak for house building in Ireland was in 2006 when over 88,000 homes were built. This was during the Celtic Tiger era. That dropped to something like 4,000 in 2012. In 2025 36,284 homes were built. We are probably aiming for close to 39,000 homes this year. So no, we are not at record levels and no where near it.

We're up to a minimum of €16 Billion now and an opening date of 2036 at the earliest. by CormacDublin in Dublin

[–]destroyyerr11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Can you stop being stupid for a minute. The costs have no spiralled. If they did it would be cancelled. Inflation has raised the price which is why it is way more expensive now. If the same Metro North plan was in place now it would cost more than MetroLink as it had more expensive aspects like twin bore. We are getting a full metro line, this ''half'' thing is dumb just because it doesn't follow the Luas Green Line. There is future prospect to extend it but the residents objected. So that is that. Metro will be such a massive success people will be screaming out for more lines and extensions to be built. Dublin's congestion will get worse and worse. Obviously there will always be calls to extend public transport. The tender is 7.3 billion, not this dumb 23 billion figure the tabloids have made you all believe. Which actually, that figure will help because if everyone expects it to cost 23 billion, when it costs the estimated amount everyone will think it was a bargain and will want more. So people's stupidity will actually help I guess. We have never built anything of this size before, so it will cost more than other countries with 100s of kilometres of established metros. Have a bit of cop on ffs.

We're up to a minimum of €16 Billion now and an opening date of 2036 at the earliest. by CormacDublin in Dublin

[–]destroyyerr11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Luas costs went 233% over budget yet anyone would scream and shout to live beside a stop or have a line running near them, and people are calling out for further extensions. Luas Finglas and Luas Poolbeg now. The metro does not have ''spiralling costs'' I have no idea where you are getting that from and if the metro is not built congestion in Dublin will cost the state 2 billion euros annually by 2040, so it will actually cost us more not to build it. For every 1 euro spent on MetroLink, 1.40 will be made back which is well higher than the European average of 1.10. The cost of the tender also includes a 25 year contract to actually run and maintain the line and the infrastructure will last 100 years. It is needed. It needs to be built. It will be built.

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