Norwegian airline admits director is not a member of pilots' union

The airline in dispute with a pilots’ union over a proposed Cork-Boston route admits its director of flight operations is not a member of the organisation, as it had originally claimed.

Norwegian Airlines this week sent a letter to Cork TDs taking issue with the claims of Captain Evan Cullen, president of the Irish Airline Pilots Association.

Capt Cullen accused Norwegian of using Cork “as a pawn” in the airline’s battle with the US Department of Transport (USDOT).