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The Dublin Airport Authority welcomes the decision
by the Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) to designate Dublin Airport as a
coordinated airport for the Summer 2007 season.
Dublin Airport is currently classified as a 'Schedules Facilitated'
airport whereby the landing and departure times for every aircraft operating
at the airport are agreed on a purely voluntary basis between user
airlines and the independent coordinator, Airport Coordination Ltd.
For Summer 2007, Dublin Airport will become a coordinated airport requiring the independent coordinator, to allocate slots at the airport up to but not exceeding the agreed operating capacity limits of the airport. At coordinated airports, airlines have no discretion but to utilise the slots allocated by the independent coordinator.
Welcoming the announcement by the CAR, Airport Director Robert Hilliard said
"This is good news for Dublin Airport and a very positive step for passengers,
because coordinated airports are better able to manage the peak arrival and
departure times of aircraft, thereby easing some of the pressure on passenger
facilities at the peak periods."
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For Information:
Vincent Wall
01 8144107
087 6860727
February 12, 2007
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