Dublin Airport Winter 2026 Slot Capacity Draft Decision
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The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has published its draft decision on Dublin Airport's Winter 2026 scheduling season (25 October 2026 to 27 March 2027), proposing coordination parameters for slot allocation that would support up to 32 additional daily slots. The IAA is not implementing any seat cap coordination parameter due to a High Court order that prevents consideration of planning conditions limiting combined terminal capacity to 32 million annual passengers. Stakeholders may submit responses to consultation@iaa.ie by 5pm on 22 April 2026.
“The proposed coordination parameters will support increased competition by allowing for up to 32 additional daily slots to be allocated by the independent slot coordinator, but without degrading the current service quality.”
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The IAA has published a draft decision establishing coordination parameters for Dublin Airport's Winter 2026 scheduling season, covering the period from 25 October 2026 to 27 March 2027. The proposed parameters aim to allow up to 32 additional daily slot allocations without degrading current service quality. The draft explicitly notes that pending High Court proceedings prevent the IAA from implementing any seat cap tied to the 32 million annual passenger planning condition.
Airlines and aviation operators using Dublin Airport should review the proposed coordination parameters and consider submitting responses to the IAA by the 22 April 2026 deadline. The slot allocation framework applies EU Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 principles of fair and transparent distribution through an independent coordinator, declared to 10-minute intervals.
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Draft Decision on Dublin Airport Winter 2026 slot capacity published
08 Apr 2026
Dublin, 08 April, 2026: The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has published its draft decision on Dublin Airport’s Winter 2026 capacity, proposing coordination parameters which will be used in the airport slot allocation process. The proposed parameters define how many aircraft may be scheduled to use Dublin Airport at a particular time. The Winter 2026 scheduling season runs from 25 October 2026 to 27 March 2027 inclusive.
The IAA is responsible for the implementation of the EU Airport Slot Regulation 1. The Slot Regulation aims to ensure that, where airport capacity is scarce, the maximum available capacity is identified and distributed in a fair and transparent way by means of the allocation of take-off and landing slots by an independent coordinator, according to rules set out in the Slot Regulation, and based on the capacity identified for the airport concerned. Capacity is declared to the detailed level of up to 10-minute intervals.
The proposed coordination parameters will support increased competition by allowing for up to 32 additional daily slots to be allocated by the independent slot coordinator, but without degrading the current service quality.
In accordance with the Order of the High Court that, pending the determination of associated legal proceedings, the IAA is not to take account of certain planning conditions which limit the ‘combined capacity’ of Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 to 32 million annual passengers, and does not propose to implement any seat cap coordination parameter for Winter 2026.
The IAA invites responses to this Draft Decision no later than 5pm, Wednesday 22nd April. Responses should be sent by email to consultation@iaa.ie.
The draft decision and supporting material is available on
the slot
allocation webpage
1 EU COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 95/93, on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 793/2004.
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