Ryanair has warned passengers bound to and from Dublin to book Christmas flights early due to cheap fares selling out quickly
Failure to scrap 32m traffic cap at Dublin Airport will lead to record high air fares to Dublin this Christmas
Ryanair adds 50,000 extra seats to/from Belfast for Christmas to make air travel more affordable for Dublin passengers.
Dublin Airport’s capacity is constrained by an outdated 32m traffic cap, causing rising air fares from London and limited flight availability.
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said: “We urge passengers intending to travel home to Dublin for Christmas to book their flights early as cheap seats are selling out quickly. Currently today in late Aug, our lowest fares from London to Dublin on Fri 20th, Sat 21st or Sun 22nd December are rapidly approaching €100 one-way due to this Government’s failure to allow airlines to run extra flights to/from Dublin this Christmas. Once again, Ireland’s Green Transport Minister has failed to act. Not alone is Dublin the world’s 2nd most congested city for road traffic, but Dublin Airport is Europe’s only capital city that has opened a 2nd runway, but due to a 17-year-old traffic cap, we are not allowed to use it. The sooner this failed Green Minister is removed from office, the better it will be for Ireland’s infrastructure, Ireland’s air access and Irish families travelling home for Christmas. We believe air fares to Dublin this Christmas will hit €500 one-way as Christmas approaches and reduced seat capacity fills, and therefore we urge passengers intending to travel home to family at Christmas to book their travel early and avoid what will be record high air fares due to Eamon Ryan’s failure to scrap a 17-year-old outdated and irrelevant (road) traffic cap.”
