Aer Lingus attacks DAA over failures at Dublin Airport

A major row has broken out between Aer Lingus and the DAA over what the airline's COO described as "unacceptable infrastructural deficits" at Dublin Airport. In a stinging memo, Mike Rutter attacked the DAA over alleged lack of investment after baggage belt failures cost the airline hundreds of thousands of euro last week. Rutter said the airline has serious concerns over DAA's failure to invest in key infrastructure such as taxiways, contact stands and baggage belts at the airport. Monday and Tuesday of last week Aer Lingus "experienced major operational disruption as the baggage belts failed in our T2 baggage hall", said Rutter. "This occurred due to the DAA's uploading of new software to the airport IT infrastructure, which rendered the baggage belts inoperable." <br/>