Enda Kenny urges US to approve licence for Cork flights

The Taoiseach has urged US authorities to approve a licence to the Irish airline that is planning low-cost transatlantic flights from Cork Airport.

Mr Kenny’s comments come ahead of a crucial meeting between Violeta Bulc, the European commissioner for transport, and US secretary of transportation Anthony Foxx in Montreal tomorrow, when the NAI case will be discussed.

It is a year to the day since Norwegian Air International (NAI) announced its plans to fly to Boston and New York from Cork.