The number of passenger seats available on aircraft using Dublin Airport next summer will not now be cut, after the High Court granted a stay on a decision by the aviation regulator to cap the number of take-off and landing slots during the busy peak season.
Airlines Ryanair and Aer Lingus, along with an organisation representing a number of US airlines, Airlines For America (A4A), had sought for the Irish Aviation Authority's (IAA) decision to be paused pending the outcome of judicial review proceedings they are bringing in relation to it.
At a hearing of the stay application on Friday, Aer Lingus told the court that it could lose 362,000 seats and €84m in revenue next year and as much as €130m the following year if the IAA's winter and summer cap on seat numbers remains
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