Originally Posted by NorthernCounties
With DUB now experiencing growth again, and Aer Lingus additional plans rotations to destinations which could provide in the region of an additional 400k seats this year, an NAMA pressing ahead with the development of a site nearby the airport, does anyone think we'll see a new runway any time soon?
Not a hope. There will be very few capital projects over the next few years for obvious reasons, and there are much more important projects that deserve the money over a new runway, and with the cost of maintaining current infrastructure, it may get to the stage where no capital projects will be funded. And given that DAA debt is classed as 'junk' by most of the ratings agencies, theres no way they'll be able to source financing elsewhere to build it.
So realistically, the most the DAA can hope for is funding a few years from now for an extension to runway 28/10.