Dublin Airport Authority

Dublin Airport Authority plc (known until 1st October 2004 as Aer Rianta cpt¹) is the state owned airport authority in the Republic of Ireland. The authority runs the following airports:

International investments are held by Aer Rianta International.

State Airports Act, 2004

In 2004 the Oireachtas passed the State Airports Act, 2004. This renamed Aer Rianta as Dublin Airport Authority plc and established Shannon Airport Authority plc and Cork Airport Authority plc. The three new authorities have power to formulate business plans for their respective airports, however they will not take charge of running the airports until further date to be determined by the Minister for Transport, which by law will not be before 1st May 2005.

The State Airports Act was heavily criticised by Noel Hanlon, the outgoing chairman of Aer Rianta, and by the company's unions, who believed it a precursor to privatisation. No act to privatise Dublin Airport Authority or any of the airports has been passed however.

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1. Cpt is from the Irish language cuideachta phoiblí theoranta, which means public limited company.

Dublin Airport Authority

State Airports Act, 2004

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