Calls for Government to intervene as licence delay threatens US flights from Cork Airport

Cork’s county mayor John Paul O’Shea, has called on the Government to intervene following delays in the granting of a licence for the first transatlantic route from the city airport.

It is feared that he proposed Norwegian Air International (NAI) flights from Cork to Boston, due to launch in May, will not go ahead due to delays in the US side in granting a licence. The licence was sought two years ago.

Under the 2007 EU-US Open Skies deal, any airline registered and approved by an EU member State may be granted traffic rights to fly from any destination in Europe to any destination in the USA.