DAA made incentive offer to maintain reduced service

THE Dublin Airport Authority was sufficiently concerned in June about the possible loss of Shannon Airport’s Heathrow slots that it contacted Aer Lingus with an incentive offer.

The DAA learned of Aer Lingus’s intentions on June 14 to cease its Shannon to Heathrow service to facilitate its first hub outside the Republic in Belfast.

The DAA was criticised this week by its subsidiary, Shannon Airport Authority (SAA), for not revealing that Aer Lingus was contemplating ditching the service.