One of America’s largest airlines has warned that the ongoing delay sanctioning low-cost Cork-US flights could threaten its, and other US airlines’ growth plans.

Cork Airport marked the 10th birthday of its terminal yesterday with a renewed commitment to break the impasse threatening the launch of low-cost transatlantic flights from Cork.

Europe began allowing limited air traffic to resume, giving hope to millions of travellers stranded around the world when ash from a volcano in Iceland choked the jet age to a halt.

A satellite navigation system five times as accurate as current models will benefit everyone from the blind to the aviation sector, the European Commission said today.