DAA told to ‘come clean’ about Norwegian services

A TD has called on the DAA to come clean about its support for Norwegian’s new low-fares transatlantic services out of Ireland amid concerns about the future of its proposed Cork to New York route.

Labour’s Alan Kelly spoke out after the airline said Cork’s main runway may be too short to operate a New York service despite consistently highlighting plans for the route during its lengthy campaign for a US licence.

After first raising the runway concerns in February, Norwegian chief executive Bjorn Kjos confirmed on Friday that Cork’s runway 17 is too short to accommodate the take-off of a fully laden New York-bound Boeing 737MAX aircraft.