Cork-US flight objectors given more time

The US Department of Transportation (DoT) has granted a 10-day extension to its Cork-US flights consultation process on foot of a request from the airline’s opponents, including one of America’s largest labour unions.

Separately, the European Commission has obtained a mandate to initiate arbitration under the EU-US Open Skies agreement in a bid to resolve the impasse over the US foreign air carrier permit for Norwegian Airline’s Irish subsidiary, Norwegian Air International (NAI).

The Dublin-based airline has been waiting more than two years for a decision.