Watchdog to probe airline over delays

IRELAND’S airlines watchdog launched an investigation yesterday into a Shannon-based charter airline blamed for chronic delays at Cork Airport over the weekend.

A spokesperson for the Commissioner for Aviation Regulation in Ireland said his office would carry out a full review of Eirjet’s operations after hundreds of passengers were stranded at the airport for up to 24 hours.

The investigation was launched after a complaint was lodged against Eirjet by Cork Fianna Fáil TD Noel O’Flynn. Eirjet was blamed yesterday for a 24-hour delay to a Falcon Holidays flight to Malaga.