Dublin Airport New Runway/Infrastructure.

Dalton Philips said recently that there's space for 50 million pax using the current terminal setup, considering how busy it is already I find that hard to believe unless they consider it acceptable to go back to pre-T2 style chaos. I remember landing at the airport at 6am around 2006/7 and could barely get in the door it was so cramped

T2 could use some expansion already as well, very little open space in departures airside, the bar is permanently jammed and there's nowhere near enough seating unless you head straight to your gate

I tend to alternate between T1 and T2 every week and I am not experiencing major capacity issues within the terminal buildings. Generally departing between 07:00 and 09:00 on Mondays/Tuesdays and arriving between 15:00 and 21:00 on Thursdays/Fridays.

trellheim wrote: »

You are outside peak hours both coming and going. Try being in T1 screening at 0520 or the cattle crush T1 document check queue at midnight

Generally going through security at 06:15 in the morning. Mind you, it's always fast track.

Being honest, I find the experience in Dublin to be quite consistent relative to other airports that I depart from on a regular basis.

Good to see. The sooner its operational the better.

Not sure where to mention this but complaints about long taxi queues (with hardly any taxis) again tonight.

What a shoddy introduction to Ireland.

You *can* use the taxi apps, you just have to go to the unmarked Zone 18 surface car park to meet them.

trellheim wrote: »

I came through T2 inbound last night at 8pm

Full of taxis but largely quiet.

One of my bugbears at the moment is the massive MYTAXI advertising signs above immigration document check yet no information is given as to how to book them , if you try and call a cab to T2 the driver will always cancel it so infuriating and if you book a waiter its ferociously expensive.

MYTAXI could at least have had a deal with DAA to do something smarter here. DAA could also do something smarter with predicting taxi demand and offering discounts on fee renewal to regular cab drivers who pickup but what do I know , its not as if they dont know this themselves

No, as I said, that's no longer true, if you go in the app to select your pickup location, there's an airports button. Click on that and you'll see the Pickup Zone 18 option appear:



Once you select it, a "Show Walking Directions" banner will appear, which shows you this:



And it has worked for me every time.

Now, clearly DAA have sanctioned this approach, because it's advertised in the airport, as you say. But what they haven't done is made this process foolproof for tourists. There should be directional signs at the airport saying "This way for MyTaxi, Uber, and other taxi apps", instead of some obscure Zone 18 directional.

Worse, last time I arrived to T1, signs for Z18 completely disappear at a certain point, so unless you know where you're going, you're going to get lost.

Shedite27 wrote: »

What's the benefit of using a taxi app over the taxi rank?

Avoiding the 30min+ taxi rank queue thats often there these days if you land after 23:30.

and having cash in your pocket to pay .

How on earth are you supposed to know about a separate rank for mytaxis is my point - until you posted I had no idea it existed - you'd think those big signs would .. FOR MYTAXI USE T2 ZONE 18

Locker10a wrote: »

Shhhh will ya, it won’t be so quiet and easy to use if you blab about it to everyone here and the whole world starts to use it.

was thinking the very same thing! Is it DAA sanctioned, or is it a bit more don't ask don't tell?

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

DAA have apparently halted capital projects plans because of the regulator decision to cut charges so much.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/dublin-airport-stops-work-on-expansion-over-plan-to-cut-passenger-charges-1.3925111?mode=amp

This is very serious. Airport needs the new capacity ASAP.

In fairness in the doc of the modernisation 2021 - 2024 there are serious works to be done on arrivals at T1.

Unfortunately the regulator seems to think this is "quality" service and don't want to hold passenger charges (they want to reduce them) so DAA can pay for the upgrades.

They want to do this in spite of airlines having been consulted and standing behind the proposed upgrades.