First passengers use €160m facility

THE €160 million passenger terminal at Cork Airport opened yesterday amid renewed calls on the Government to ensure it is not saddled with potentially crippling debt.

As the first passengers passed through the state-of-the-art 25,000 square metre building, the Government was again urged to honour a 2003 commitment that Cork Airport Authority (CAA) would start independent operations at the airport debt-free.

Fine Gael TD Bernard Allen was one of the first passengers to use the new building after a family weekend away. He said the Government should honour its pledge.