Flights to the UK are to resume at Waterford Regional Airport after a year-long hiatus which has seen no scheduled commercial services at the facility.

Thirty-three million people travelled through Irish airports last year, a 10% increase on the previous year.

Management at Waterford Airport has denied a claim by striking workers that the airport is set to engage “strikebreakers” to assist with services while the indefinite protest continues.

Waterford Airport’s future looks secure following confirmation that flights on the Waterford-London/Luton route are to resume at the end of April.

BUSINESS leaders in the west have expressed concern that delays in finding an airline to operate flights between Knock and Dublin could have a serious impact on the local economy.