Kerry Airport chief warns that Dublin Airport passenger cap is bad for business

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Some 419,281 passengers travelled through Kerry Airport last year but the cap on passenger numbers at Dublin Airport would be bad for business, its chief executive John Mulhern has warned in a letter to Taoiseach Simon Harris.

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Contrary to popular opinion, the Dublin Airport passenger cap is bad for regional airports. Kerry Airport chief John Mulhern has written to Taoiseach Simon Harris to warn him that regional airports risk losing business as a result of the 32 million-a-year passenger limit at Dublin. Barry O’Halloran has the details.

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