Airlines for America (A4A) has made a formal complaint to its country’s Department of Transport, saying the Irish government is restricting the number of passengers that can use Dublin Airport. Failing that, A4A has called for action against Irish airlines providing services to the US. Dublin Airport is subject to a limit of handling 32 million passengers a year under a planning condition attached in 2007 to the construction of Terminal 2. It adds that if the DAA is eventually enforced to comply with the Fingal County Council enforcement order, it will have serious consequences for Dublin Airport. “Immediate action by the Irish Government is therefore critical to prevent the enforcement outcome from triggering avoidable losses of long-standing US airline access at Dublin Airport,” it says in its complaint.

Source: Irish Independent January 07, 2026 16:29 UTC