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Irish court halts summer seat cap at Dublin Airport

Ireland's High Court on Monday prevented the Irish Air travel Authority (IAA) from cutting the number of passenger seats available at Dublin Airport next summer season after the regulator imposed a cap to abide by planning restrictions.

The variety of travelers at Dublin airport, which carries around 80% of the nation's air passengers, was capped at 32 million when organizers approved the building of a 2nd terminal in 2007, in part to prevent local roadway blockage.

The airport has actually cautioned it is on course to overshoot that by a million guests this year. The IAA last month set a 25.2 million seat limit for the busy March 2025 to October 2025 period, a cut of around 5% year-on-year.

It said at the time it anticipated demand for airport slots to considerably exceed that and told the court that a time out to its limit would allow the full reallocation of this year's slots and facilitate need for brand-new routes and ad hoc flights such as those for sporting events.

Ireland's biggest airline company Ryanair, among a number of airlines which sought a court pause on the summer season limitation, stated the ruling cleared the method for the matter to be described the European Courts where it was positive the broader traveler cap will be gotten rid of.

(source: Reuters)