IATA chief warns passenger cap poses risk to growth

Dublin Airport’s passenger cap poses a “real and immediate risk” to Ireland’s economic growth, IATA Director General Willie Walsh has warned.

Speaking to the Joint Oireachtas Committee, Walsh described the country’s aviation sector as a strategic national asset currently under threat, as airlines begin looking elsewhere for future growth.

Walsh said air connectivity underpins Ireland’s role “as a global, outward-looking economy”, adding that it enables “trade, tourism, foreign...