Ryanair’s way to clear crippling airport debt

WE fully support your editorial (Irish Examiner, February 13) which highlighted the fact that a €160 million (or an €80m) debt, if imposed, would cripple Cork airport for decades.

There is, however, a better solution than simply transferring the debt to Dublin airport (where Dublin passengers should not be asked to subsidise Cork passengers).

This is a solution that has been repeatedly proposed by Ryanair and ignored by the Department of Transport (which stood idly by while Aer Rianta was originally wasting €160m on Cork airport).