At The Airport

Dublin Airport Designated a Coordinated Airport

The DAA has welcomed the decision by the Commission for Aviation Regulation 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. "This is good news for Dublin Airport," said Dublin Airport Director Bob Hilliard, "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." 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.