Aer Lingus has told An Bord Pleanála that the planned €40 million Ryanair maintenance facility for Dublin Airport 'will have fundamental impacts on Aer Lingus’s ability to carry out their daily operations'. Planning consultant for Aer Lingus, Kevin Hughes, told An Bord Pleanála that Aer Lingus was not against Ryanair’s plan to construct a new hangar within Dublin Airport. Aer Lingus required leave to appeal after not lodging a third-party submission with Fingal County Council. In the appeal, Mr Hughes of Hughes Planning and Development Consultants (HPDC) had told the appeals board that the location and configuration of the proposed hangar would impact on the ability of Aer Lingus to carry out its daily operations at the nearby Hangar 6. The planning consultant said that Aer Lingus was “concerned regarding weaknesses in the information that was submitted at application stage”.

Source: The Irish Times February 28, 2024 15:37 UTC