Transforming Dublin Airport

The DAA drew up its Transforming Dublin Airport Plan during 2005 and 2006 following the Irish Government’s decision in mid-2005 that the company should invest in the delivery of significant new passenger and aviation facilities at Dublin Airport.

The initial Plan, involving an investment of up to €2bn over ten years, followed a comprehensive consultation process with airlines and other users of Dublin Airport and an updating of the existing Masterplan for the Airport.

The first €1.2bn stage of the Plan, up to 2010, set out the timeframe for incremental delivery each year of new passenger, airfield and campus-wide facilities, culminating in the opening of a new passenger terminal, T2. 

In total, this first phase incorporated up to 120 separate capital projects, each to a value of at least €5m. The objective has been to deliver airport and airfield facilities appropriate to the capital city airport of an EU member state and on a par with those at peer airports such as Copenhagen, Vienna and Zurich.