Report: Keep Cork Airport within DAA but free Shannon

CORK AIRPORT should remain under the same ownership as Dublin, with Shannon Airport to be run as a separate, more business-orientated entity managed by local bodies.

That is the recommendation of a report on the future of the two airports which was commissioned by Transport Minister Leo Varadkar in October.

While the report has yet to be submitted to the Cabinet, sources say the consultancy firm Booz and Company makes key recommendations that could radically shape both airports’ futures.