Aer Lingus says proposed Ryanair hangar would impact its daily operations

Aer Lingus has told An Bord Pleanála that the planned E40m Ryanair maintenance facility for Dublin Airport “will have fundamental impacts on Aer Lingus’s ability to carry out their daily operations”. That is according to an appeal lodged by consultants for Aer Lingus with the planning board that has stalleds plans by Ryanair to construct a four-bay aircraft maintenance hangar at Dublin Airport. The planned hangar is located 820 metres northeast of Terminal 1 and the major investment by Ryanair would create more than 200 jobs for engineers and mechanics, it has been estimated. Planning consultant for Aer Lingus, Kevin Hughes, told An Bord Pleanála that Aer Lingus was not against Ryanair’s plan to construct a new hangar within Dublin Airport. However, he went on to say that it had “a number of concerns and questions regarding the new hangar in its current format that remain unchallenged and have not been addressed”.<br/>