Dublin Airport Authority backs Cork’s transatlantic flight plan

The head of Ireland’s main airport operator has backed plans by Norwegian Air International to operate a transatlantic service between Cork and the US, saying the demand exists despite recent route cancellations at the airport.

Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) chief executive Kevin Toland was speaking yesterday as the Authority reported a 47% increase in annual profit, for 2015, to €61m and a 21% rise in turnover to €680m on the back of record passenger numbers at Dublin Airport and a return to traffic growth at Cork in the last three months of the year.

Last week CityJet axed its Cork-London route on demand concerns, but Cork Airport boss Niall MacCarthy said there was no concern over other CityJet routes.