Plans submitted to establish airports as independent

BUSINESS plans to establish Cork and Shannon as independent airports have finally been sent to the Government for approval, it was confirmed yesterday.

The Dublin Airport Authority — which has responsibility for all three State airports — told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport that separate business plans for each airport had been submitted to the Government last month.

DAA chief executive Declan Collier said the plans had been forwarded “unamended,” although the DAA disagreed with some of the proposals recommended by the Cork Airport Authority.