Dublin Airport Terminal 1 to get major facelift

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has appointed a consortium of consultants to rejuvenate Terminal 1 at Dublin Airport.
The DAA yesterday confirmed that the consortium of Pascall+Watson, Mott MacDonald and EC Harris has been awarded the contract. Pascall+Waton designed the T2 terminal.

According to a spokesman for the DAA, the task for the consultants "is to produce a plan to maximise the efficient use of Terminal 1 at Dublin Airport in order to allow the DAA to grow traffic sustainably; improve the customer experience and grow commercial revenues".

Last year, T1 handled 54pc or 10.3m of Dublin Airport's 19.1m passengers with T2 accounting for the remaining 46pc. Passenger numbers at Dublin last year increased by 2pc compared with 2011 – the second successive year of growth at Dublin.

The continuing dominance of T1 at Dublin is ensured with Ryanair continuing to use the terminal along with British Airways, Cityjet, Lufthansa, SAS, Air Canada, Norwegian and Iberia Express.

"The consultants have been tasked with advising us on how we can improve the layout, appearance and functionality of T1, taking into account forecast passenger growth and customer requirements," the DAA spokesman said.

"The outlook of any plan will be to the year 2019 and it should allow Dublin Airport to optimise the use of capacity across the two terminals during this period. The plan should provide for the most practicable, efficient use of T1."

Gordon Deegan – 30 May 2013 Irish Independent