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It is rather simplistic and insulting to the intelligence of the general public to imply DAAs charging structure is the main reason for the - 3.5 million PAX decline, but the situation looks rather hopeless.
The downturn has played a major part in the decline in numbers but the DAA have also been very slow to introduce any new incentives to the airlines as well the timing of T2 does not help their cause but going back less than two years ago T2 was a must have.
Hopefully the new discounts will have some effect on traffic numbers.