Friday, November 20, 2009

Ryanair to begin legal battle on airport charges directive

"Ryanair will next week seek leave for a judicial review of a direction issued by the Minister for Transport to the Commissioner for Aviation Regulation, allowing Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) to increase passengers fees to a level which will enable it to claw back millions of euro it spent on Terminal 2. Branding the Department of Transport as "corrupt" yesterday, Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary said the airline's legal team had informed him that they believed the group had a "good legal case" to make. But he was unable to immediately clarify on what grounds the airline would be appealing Transport Minister Noel Dempsey's direction. The department lashed out at Mr O'Leary's corruption allegation, saying it "fundamentally rejected" the characterisation."
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