DUBLIN IS ONLY MAJOR EU AIRPORT BEING CLOSED FOR DRONES

Dublin Airport has closed again this evening (Thurs, 02 Mar) for the 6^th time in 6 weeks due to yet another drone disruption, causing multiple diversions and delays to thousands of passengers. Despite these repeated closures Transport Min. Eamon Ryan has failed to do anything to prevent Ireland’s main airport from being closed by drones.

Dublin Airport is the only major European airport that has been repeatedly closed by drones. Major airports like Heathrow, Charles De Gaulle and Schiphol all have effective anti-drone measures which prevent closures, yet Dublin Airport has been closed 6 times in the last 6 weeks, while our Transport Minister is holding “meetings”. Since his “meetings” aren’t effective, maybe he should take some action instead?  

Ryanair now calls on Transport Min. Eamon Ryan to resign if he won’t/can’t fix these avoidable drone closures at Dublin Airport.

Ryanair’s Michael O’ Leary said:

“It’s unacceptable that more Ryanair flights and hundreds of passengers have again suffered disruptions and diversions as Dublin Airport is now closed for a 6^th time in 6 weeks by drones. Transport Min. Eamon Ryan has failed to take any effective action to protect Dublin Airport and his strategy of holding “meetings” is useless. As always Min. Ryan promises “stronger measures” but delivers nothing.

Min. Ryan should explain why other European airports have effective drone measures in place but Dublin Airport keeps being closed, while he is asleep on the job. Sadly, our Transport Min. is all talk and no action when it comes to drone closures. As Transport Min. he should now fix this issue or resign and let somebody more effective do the job”