No silver bullet for Cork Airport

Over the past several months reports and articles on Irish aviation have substantially focused on only one issue, but Cork airport has other problems, writes Paul Mills.

That issue is whether the Government should sell its shares in Aer Lingus to IAG, owners of British Airways and Iberia.

Willie Walsh, CEO of IAG, at least in the earlier part of the negotiations, offered to pay €1.4bn and to guarantee to hold the Heathrow slots for five years for Irish flights following its takeover of Aer Lingus.