Dublin Airport Bus Service Changes & Discussion

No, that would be a terrible idea for about a hundred reasons. Let's go through a few:

Baldonnels runways are too short and too difficult to extend

DUB is a major transatlantic hub. Hubs need the short haul flights too

It would cost billions to provide commercial level facilities and transport access to a new airport. O'Leary wouldn't fund a cent of this

Planning permission would likely never be granted.

Most importantly - Ryanair have zero experience of running airports, and don't want to run airports

In addition to above, even if you could magically move DUB to another location it doesn't get rid of the need for ML. Yes the airport was one of the major connections of the route, however there are several major trip generators on the route, the most important of which is Swords, the single largest town in the country without a rail connection.

Even if you don't believe a rail connection to the airport is needed (which I would strongly disagree with), capacity to/from Swords is only going to be solved with a metro. A bus or even Luas is not going to have the capacity needed in the long term. And while heavy rail (such as a DART line) could work instead of a metro, even the cheapest/easiest option would need an investment comparable to ML while still having less benifit and capacity.

Aircoach and Dublin Express look to be getting access to stands 25 & 26 of Grand Central from next month!

Ah right, good to see an offer has been made at least.

Going to the Airport next Sunday (28 September). Intending to use No 16 bus. No information on likely disruption in the Drumcondra/Croke Perk area. Dublin Bus, NTA, TFI websites all useless. Help!.