IAA publishes final decision on Dublin Airport’s Summer 2026 Capacity
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has published its final decision on
Dublin Airport’s Summer 2026 capacity which will be used in the airport slot
allocation process. The final decision remains consistent with the proposals of
the draft decision. In making its decision, the IAA has taken account of the
responses received to the draft decision consultation, which closed on 25
September. The Summer 2026 scheduling season runs from 29 March 2026 to 24
October 2026 inclusive.
The IAA is responsible for the implementation of the EU Airport Slot
Regulation1. The Slot Regulation aims to ensure that, where capacity
is scarce, the maximum available capacity is identified and distributed in a
fair and transparent way by means of the allocation of take-off and
landing slots by an independent coordinator, according to rules set out in the
Slot Regulation, and based on the capacity identified for the airport
concerned. Capacity is declared to the detailed level of up to 10-minute intervals.
The coordination parameters will support increased
competition by allowing for up to 25 additional daily slots to be
allocated by the independent slot coordinator, but without degrading the
current service quality.
In light of the Order of the High Court that, pending the determination of
associated legal proceedings, the IAA is not to take account of certain
planning conditions which limit the ‘combined capacity’ of Terminal
1 and Terminal 2 to 32 million annual passengers, no seat cap coordination
parameter is included for Summer 2026.
The final decision is available on the IAA
slot allocation webpage.
1EU COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 95/93, on common rules for the
allocation of slots at Community airports, as amended by Regulation (EC) No
793/2004.