Holidaymakers could face further summer disruption

DAA chief executive Kenny Jacobs says Dublin Airport recruiting 155 extra security staff ahead of the summer. Photograph: Alan BetsonHolidaymakers could face further disruption across Europe this summer, according to Kenny Jacobs, chief executive of State airports company, DAA.

Mr Jacobs told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications on Wednesday that Dublin Airport was focused on hiring a further 155 security staff to bring frontline numbers to 800 on time for summer. He said that he was very confident that the company was doing this at the pace required to meet likely summer traffic.

However, he cautioned that air traffic control staffing problems, particularly in France, Germany and Catalonia in north eastern Spain, could disrupt holiday flying.

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