Call for UK-type fund to back routes from rural airports

A fund similar to one which is being used in Britain and which is EU-compliant could help embattled Cork Airport create more routes.

That is according to Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clun, a member of the EU transport committee.

She has called on the Minister for Finance Michael Noonan to introduce an air connectivity fund which would offer start-up aid to specified key routes for Ireland’s secondary airports like Cork Airport.