Shake-up looms for Cork and Shannon airports

A MAJOR shake-up is expected at Cork and Shannon airports as the Government drafts in top consultants to look at their futures.

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar said the present “halfway house arrangement” whereby Cork and Shannon have their own boards but limited autonomy from the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), “cannot continue indefinitely”.

He also said that the situation of losses at Cork and Shannon being absorbed by the remaining profitable parts of the DAA Group cannot go on.