Competition between airport terminals: The issues facing Dublin Airport

This paper explores the economic implications of new policy initiatives that seek to introduce terminal competition at Dublin Airport, in the context of the recent regulatory history of the three busiest Irish airports. There are very few examples of direct competition occurring between rival terminals at a single airport. The paper reviews the particular circumstances that have motivated the Irish government to consider the introduction of terminal competition, and explores various aspects that will be relevant to the modelling of the microeconomic consequences and implications of such competition.