Cullen holds key to air bridges
In a reply to a question from my Dáil colleague, Deputy David Stanton, on February 8, the Minster for Transport, Martin Cullen, indicated that based on information which he had received from the Dublin Airport Authority, "the main airline customers using Cork airport do not support the provision of air bridges as recently envisaged in the plans for the airport development programme and, accordingly, the current works do not provide for air bridges".
As I understand it, the proposed development at Cork airport always included the provision for air bridges. To fail to provide them at this stage would be extremely retrograde. Aer Lingus and Ryanair have indicated that they do not wish to use air bridges at Cork. However, if they were available at Cork airport and were being used by other airlines, then I believe Aer Lingus and all other airlines would follow suit if only in response to customer demand.
