JetGreen had no landing slots for most Dublin flights

THE budget air carrier which collapsed after only a week in business had no landing slots at Dublin airport for the bulk of flights it was selling.

JetGreen Airways had not even applied for landing slots for many of its services although it sold more than 40,000 tickets, some for as little as 1. Despite the collapse passengers stranded abroad will have costs reimbursed, the Commissioner for Aviation Regulation Bill Prasifka promised yesterday.

The Dublin-based carrier, which began daily flights to Spanish cities Malaga and Alicante on May 4, did not have an air operator’s certificate and was not considered an airline.