The DAA, which operates Dublin and Cork airports, availed of its interim results announcement to kick-start its campaign to increase the fees it charges airlines to use its airports. Looking past its interim pretax profit of €77.8 million, the group pointed towards “sustained cost pressures, from energy and regulatory compliance to construction and wage inflation” and thus the need to increase charges in order to maintain services and invest in facilities.
The airport’s two biggest customers, Ryanair and Aer Lingus, were quick out of the traps in response. Aer Lingus said the DAA had made “very significant profits in recent years despite repeatedly claiming that airport charges are too low”.
Ryanair was a litt
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