No political block on Cork-US flights, says Kenny

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said the political blocking of Norwegian Air’s long- standing bid to fly trans- Atlantic from Cork Airport appears to have lifted.

Cork South West TD Jim Daly called on the Taoiseach to convene a mission to Washington DC in a bid to resolve the dispute.

“It is not safety reasons blocking this, it is not commercial reasons, it is purely political,” Mr Daly said in the Dáil. “There is a political deadlock preventing all transatlantic traffic coming into the second largest airport in the country.