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Ryanair has described the use of mandatory hotel quarantine for certain EU countries as defective and has called for the Taoiseach to scrap it.
The airline said the Government must also deliver a roadmap that would lead to the re-opening of air travel within the EU ahead of what would normally be a busy summer season. We can t continue being the failed outliers of Europe, a spokesperson for the airline said. Our Government must act now and apply common sense before it is too late to save connectivity to/from the island of Ireland.
The company claimed it is absurd that EU arrivals must spend time in hotel quarantine on arrival when the country has an open land border with Northern Ireland.
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The chief executive of Dublin airport operator, daa, has said he is very concerned about the impact of mandatory hotel quarantine.
Dalton Philips said the Irish regime is one of the most restrictive of any EU country. We are the only EU country with mandatory quarantine and it is of great concern to me, he told The Business Show Rebooting Ireland online conference.
The airport boss said the epidemiological data from throughout the pandemic shows that at its peak only 2% of cases in Ireland were linked to international travel. It is a relatively small proportion and yet this mandatory quarantine is a sledgehammer, he added.
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Changes to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 will generate a significant improvement in the terminalâs energy efficiency.
Dublin Airport has pinpointed sustainability as a critical pillar in its overall strategy and that of daa Group.
Speaking candidly to
TRBusiness, Vincent Harrison, Managing Director, Dublin Airport revealed details of a clear and simple sustainability plan. This encompasses key priority areas impacting how the airport operators interact with the environment now and in the future.
âOur ambition at Dublin Airport, is to go beyond merely meeting environmental compliance obligations, by becoming a leader in sustainable airport operations.
âWe have a number of long-term and ambitious environmental sustainability targets, such as becoming net zero in carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest.
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