DAA in 'detailed' talks on T2 with Air India

Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) chief executive Declan Collier has said its “detailed negotiations” with Air India on using its newly-opened Terminal 2 (T2) facility as a hub for flights to the US were “progressing well”.
Mr Collier said the DAA was also “talking to some other Asian airlines in China and southeast Asia” about using T2, and there had also been “huge interest” from some Gulf airlines in the US customs and border protection (CBP) facilities that would open next month.
CBP will allow passengers travelling from T2 to arrive into the US as domestic passengers and so avoid lengthy immigration queues.
Ireland is the only country in Europe with such a facility.
Mr Collier said Dublin airport currently handled 500,000 to 600,000 transit passengers a year. Most of these travel with Aer Lingus. “We expect that number to grow substantially in the next couple of years.”
In an interview with online trade publisher Air Transport News, Mr Collier said the DAA was also keen to pursue its Dublin airport city complex concept which was unveiled in April 2008 to much fanfare and a price tag of €4 billion.
20/12/10 Ciaran Hancock/The Irish Times

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