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Car parking charges at Dublin Airport

 Increased car parking charges at Dublin Airport to Support Investment Programme

Car-parking charges at Dublin Airport are to increase from Wednesday, January 18, 2006.  The higher charges will support a significant investment in refurbishing, automating and extending the Airport’s extensive car park network.
The hourly charge for the short-term car parks adjacent to the airport terminal buildings rises by 30 cent to €3.  This is in line with the Dublin Airport Authority’s (DAA) policy of linking its short-term car parking rates with those pertaining in Dublin city centre car parks. The daily charge for using the short-term car parks remains unchanged at €30.
The daily charge at Dublin Airport’s various long-term car parks rises by 50 cent to €8.50.

The DAA plans to continue levying benchmarked commercial charges for its car parking services in order to maximise the revenues available to the company in a tightly regulated environment and to finance significant ongoing investment in its car parking service.

During 2006 close to €10m will be invested to further enhance customer service standards at Dublin Airport’s car parks.

Investment at the short-term car parks will include a refurbishment programme to deliver brighter, cleaner multi-storey blocs with new enhanced safety features; the development of a new coach park and passenger set-down area; and the provision of a new travelator to deliver passengers from the car park atrium to the appropriate levels in the terminal building. 

Investment in the long-term car parks will include the provision of an additional 3,000 spaces at Harristown bringing the overall number of long-term spaces available at peak travel periods to approximately 17,000.

Plans are also at an advanced stage to deliver significant technology-based customer-service initiatives during 2006. These will include online pre-booking and pre-payment options; credit and debit card payment facilities at exit barriers; and a licence plate recognition and new CCTV system to provide increased security for cars parked at the Airport.

For Further Information Contact:

Vincent Wall             (01)    8144107
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