€7.5m control tower opens at Cork Airport

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has opened its new control tower at Cork Airport.

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has opened a new control tower at Cork Airport.

The airport's Air Traffic Management (ATM) system has been updated as part of the development to provide connectivity between the IAA's centres at Cork, Shannon and Dublin.

Construction of the tower began in August 2007 and took 10 months to complete.

"Notwithstanding the current decline in traffic figures, this move positions the IAA to deal with anticipated traffic levels at the airport for the next 15 – 20 years," a spokesman said today.