Enda Kenny urged to intervene on Cork-US flights delay

The owner of iconic Blarney Castle has called on the Taoiseach to intervene to secure transatlantic flights from Cork.

Charles Colthurst, who owns the world-famous visitor attraction on the outskirts of Cork City, said it is still not too late for Enda Kenny to pick up the phone to US president Barack Obama as part of efforts to save the proposed Cork to Boston service.

He spoke out yesterday after low-cost giant Norwegian Airlines announced that it was deferring the May launch of its proposed Cork to Boston flights — blaming it on the unprecedented two-year delay by the US Department of Transportation on its foreign carrier permit application.