daa's principal activities include operating and managing Dublin and Cork airports, global airport retailing through its subsidiary Aer Rianta International, and international aviation consultancy through daa International. The company is a global airport and travel retail group with business in 15 countries around the world. The company is state-owned and headquartered at Dublin Airport.
Founded in 1937 as Aer Rianta Teoranta, the company's name changed to daa plc in November 2014. In 2004, after almost 70 years in business, the State Airports Act created Dublin Airport Authority plc. daa operates Dublin Airport, Cork Airport and the Red Sea International Airport, has a 20% stake in Düsseldorf Airport, and an 11% stake in Hermes, which operates Larnaca and Paphos airports in Cyprus.
daa has 2,800 employees working in airport management and operation, domestic and international airport retail management, and aviation consultancy services. As of February 2026, daa's annual revenue is estimated to be $781M.
Recent Leadership
The operator of Dublin and Cork airports, daa, has appointed John Coleman as the company's new chief executive officer, with a seven-year term effective early in 2027. As head of the Land Development Agency since 2018, Coleman was responsible for taking the state's affordable housing developer from concept into being one of Ireland's principal housing development and delivery organisations.
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