Company Profile

The Dublin Airport Authority plc (DAA), Registered Office, Dublin Airport, Co. Dublin, Registered Number 9401 Ireland, Head Office: Dublin Airport, Ireland, is an airport management company with more than 2,800 employees and a turnover in 2009 of €547 million.

Headquartered at Dublin Airport, the DAA's principal activities include airport management, operation and development, domestic and international airport retail management, and airport investment. The company's domestic operations include the running of Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports.

Under the 2004 State Airports Act, which came into effect in October 2004, the DAA assumed responsibility for all the assets, liabilities and contracts of the former Aer Rianta.

Since 2006, the DAA has embarked on a €1.2 billion investment at Dublin Airport which will see a new terminal, Terminal 2, open in November 2010 in addition to significant improvements to the existing airport infrastructure at Ireland's busiest airport.