Dublin Airport New Runway/Infrastructure.

18MonthsaSlave wrote: »

I'd like to be getting 10.30 out of about 7 million passengers wired directly to my account every year without any effort involved

Are you really trying to suggest that there's no costs involved for DAA in operating the airport for Ryanair? I've been close to putting you on the ignore list for some of the garbage that's been posted in this thread, and this inane suggestion is just making that decision easier, there are massive and significant costs involved in just opening the doors for passengers, let alone the costs of things like Rescue and Fire services, the costs of operating huge numbers of lights on runways, the navigation aids, and all the other aspects of the day to day operation of an airport that you seem to think Ryanair don't use or need.

We'd all be much happier if the aggravation of the security checks was to go away, but it won't any time soon, and that's a significant cost in terms of people and equipment that has to be paid for by the passengers.

I'm sure you will complain bitterly if your flight is delayed by snow at some stage, have you stopped to think just how much expense is involved in having snow clearing equipment in place in case it does snow, and if I am honest, that's an area that DAA have not exactly dealt with well over recent years.

There is a good chance that a second runway will reduce some costs for Ryanair, in as much as there will be fewer delays for departure, and sitting in a queue with engines running is expensive, as is flying around half of North Leinster in a queue to land, I watched one inbound Ryanair on FR24 fly over Baldonnel, and before landing, it ended up going north to beyond Ardee, before coming back round to land on 16. Flying at low level, and slow, is expensive in the overall cost of operating a jet, if they don't have to do so much holding and queuing, that's a cost saving. Low level slow flying in bad weather is also very unpleasant for the passengers on the aircraft, so anything that reduces the time spent actually getting on to the ground should be welcomed by all.

28 is getting close to its end of life without significant repair and resurfacing, the thought of trying to operate everything from 16/34 doesn't even bear thinking about, if for no other reason than that there's so little wriggle room on the taxiway system, working everything to the east of 16/34 will be almost impossible with the traffic levels that are now happening, the other factor being that if 28 is out of action for a prolonged period into the winter months, there will be issues with diversions, as 16/34 is about as far away from the prevailing wind at Dublin as it's possible to be.

For wider economic, operational and capacity reasons, 28R has to happen, and a spin off benefit is that it is a piece of infrastructure that will put significant money into the economy without inflating the property bubble even further, which will be a lot better than some of the other schemes that have been floated. It will also secure the operation of the airport, and like it or not, Dublin is the main airport for the entire island of Ireland.

As with so many other projects that are either managed or controlled by political influence, the way its being done is a shambles, but that's nothing new in this country, and maybe the real discussion should be about how politics in this country operates (or doesn't depending on your viewpoint) , rather than arguing how Ryanair might try to manipulate the decisions made at Dublin Airport.