US delays Cork Airport transatlantic route to Boston

The US authorities are in breach of the landmark EU-US Open Skies deal by delaying a licence to the airline planning the first transatlantic flights from Cork Airport.

That’s the view of the European Commission which is expected to take on the US Department of Transportation (DoT) over the issue over the coming weeks as fears mount that the proposed Cork to Boston flights, due to launch in May, could be delayed by the lengthy impasse.

The 2007 Open Skies deal provides that any airline registered and approved by an EU member state may be granted traffic rights to fly from anywhere in the EU to anywhere in the US.