Dublin airport to expand existing terminal’s retail offer

Nicole Mezzasalma

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The €55m ($80.9m) extension to the existing terminal’s north-western corner is subject to planning permission

Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has announced that work will shortly begin—pending planning permission—on a €55m ($80.9m) extension to the existing terminal at Dublin airport. The extension, which will be located at the north-western corner of the terminal, will have additional retail space and a reconfigured check-in area.

The extension is part of a €450m ($662.3m) budget that DAA plans to invest in the airport this year, which includes the continuing works on the new 75,000sq m (807,293sq ft) terminal two, due to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2009 and opened to the public in April 2010.

DAA CEO Declan Collier said: “We are committed to radically improving the customer experience at Dublin airport and this investment will help achieve that goal. The €450m spend represents the largest ever infrastructural investment at an Irish airport in a single year.

“Dublin is the fastest growing major airport in Europe and the investments that we are making now will deliver the passenger facilities that are required for a capital city airport,” according to Collier. He added that the improvements now under way would allow the airport to increase its capacity from 23m to 35m passengers a year.