Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has revealed it is paying €1.5 million in airport charges rebates to 30 of its airline customers that grew their operations at Dublin last year. Passenger numbers at Dublin Airport increased by 2 per cent to 18.7 million last year as more than 300,000 extra people used the airport.
DAA reports that a total of 30 airlines increased their passenger traffic last year and under the airport’s Growth Incentive Scheme, each of these airlines will now receive a rebate of their charges based on their level of growth. Among those receiving rebates are; Aer Arann, Aer Lingus, Etihad Airways, Lufthansa, Norwegian, SAS, Swiss, Turkish Airlines and US Airways.
“This scheme was designed to encourage growth in passenger numbers and we are delighted to be paying a rebate of €1.5 million to the 30 airlines that grew their business from Dublin last year,” said Vincent Harrison Director of Strategy, DAA. “Against a difficult economic background, passenger numbers did increase at Dublin Airport last year. International traffic was up 3 per cent last year, as domestic travel declined, and foreign originating inbound traffic was the best performing sector of the market in 2011.”
Further expansion in 2012 will see at least eight additional services from Dublin and a number of airlines have also announced that they are adding capacity to existing services from the airport. New services include the recently launched Emirates Airline link to Dubai; United Continental to Washington DC; Lufthansa to Dusseldorf; Aer Lingus to Stockholm and Verona; Ryanair to Budapest and Verona and Aer Lingus Regional to Bournemouth.
DAA is continuing the Growth Incentive Scheme this year and has confirmed it will also be extended into 2013 to encourage growth and stimulate the development of new routes. The Growth scheme rebates passenger service charges to airlines for traffic growth at any of DAA’s three Irish airports. Once the threshold of the previous year’s traffic total has been achieved, airlines that increase their passenger numbers are rebated based on their contribution to the overall growth at the airport in question.
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