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10/03/2010 : 16:27:48 DAA gets go-ahead as T2 operator

Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, has ended the tendering process for operators of the new Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport and awarded the contract to the Dublin Airport Authority subject to conditions.

Following the ending of the tender process, the Minister has asked the DAA to demonstrate that it can operate T2 within the benchmark costs for operating the new terminal that were stipulated by the Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) last year.

Minister Dempsey has given the DAA three months to confirm that it can meet the cost parameters specified by CAR; otherwise "alternative arrangements" for the operation of T2 will have to be made.

"The DAA has been set a significant challenge by this decision, as the benchmark costs envisaged by CAR will require a different cost model than that which currently pertains in the existing terminal," said DAA Chief Executive Declan Collier. "We will now work to try and meet the criteria stipulated by the Minister and are committed to responding to him within the three-month period."

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