Chaos-stricken airline had just one plane to operate

THE airline at the centre of a chaotic weekend at Cork and Shannon airports had just one aircraft to service its entire operation, it emerged yesterday.

Shannon-based Eirjet admitted yesterday there had been a delay in the delivery of two extra Airbus A320 aircraft.

This delivery delay, fog at Cork Airport at the weekend, the night time closures of airports in Lanzarote, Reus and Zakynthos, and radar problems in Greece combined to throw the airline’s weekend schedule into chaos.