Capital flights funds secured to 2015

State funding for daily flights between Kerry and Dublin, which had been due to end in November, will continue until February 2015.

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has extended the funding — known as the public-service obligation contract — and will shortly be seeking tenders for a new Kerry/Dublin contract.

The current three-year contract is worth €3m and Kerry Airport has said it would be unable to continue the service without it and any withdrawal of funding could undermine the future of the airport.