Within a year of taking DAA’s helm he announced a €2 billion expansion plan for Dublin that included adding new aircraft stands and piers to both terminals.
He also oversaw construction of its third runway. Both projects were designed to allow Dublin handle up to 40 million passengers by the end of this decade. In 2019 Cork and Dublin airports lured a record 35.5 million passengers between them, with the capital accounting for almost 33 million of that total.
Covid-19 wiped out 78 per cent of that the following year, when just 7.9 million people in total travelled through both.As the recovery accelerated this year, Dublin Airport came under fire for long security queues that some passengers said led to them missing flights. Extra Garda background checks for airport workers were partly blamed for the problem as they slowed the hiring of new staff.Kevin TolandDAA pays chief executives €250,000 basic salary plus pension contributions. Its annual report for 2020 shows Mr Philips took a pay cut to €216,724 that year. His pension contribution was €149,546, in line with the previous year.
IrishTimes Hopefully he has to take a flight on his way out, full on Karma police if he’s delayed and misses a connecting flight🫢
IrishTimes Will we finally have someone stop the madness that is Dublin Airport? Out transport management in Ireland is just atrocious,! What isn’t I suppose!