THE chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee will today call on the Department of Transport to investigate the multi-million euro cost overrun associated with the new terminal at Cork Airport.

RYANAIR has applied for a judicial review of An Bord Pleanála’s decision upholding planning permission for the Dublin Airport Authority’s new terminal, T2.

THE Dublin Airport Authority is scrapping a scheme that allowed new airlines using the facility to have a discount on passenger charges.

THE boss of Cork Airport called publicly on the Government yesterday to give his board full independence from the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA).

PASSENGERS travelling through Dublin Airport can expect a better experience with the opening a €120 million facility on Sunday.

WHEN the Cabinet meets today, Defence Minister Willie O’Dea intends to raise the Irish Examiner revelation that Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) kept Shannon in the dark over the Aer Lingus move on Shannon/Heathrow slots.

When an official of the Department of Transport first learnt on June 13 that Aer Lingus was considering the transfer to Belfast of all Shannon flights to Heathrow, he telephoned the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) to learn details of the Shannon-Heathrow service, such as the frequency of flights and how well they were doing commercially.

SENIOR management at Aer Lingus raised concerns about the future of its transatlantic flights from Shannon in communications with the Department of Transport, it has emerged.

CRUNCH talks yesterday between the Transport Minister and the boss of Cork Airport over the €200 million debt and rising board tensions were described last night as “constructive and useful”.

THE Dublin Airport Authority was sufficiently concerned in June about the possible loss of Shannon Airport’s Heathrow slots that it contacted Aer Lingus with an incentive offer.

RYANAIR, Ireland’s largest airline has issued 2007 traffic statistics for its Irish routes, which show that Ryanair will carry a record 13 million passengers to and from seven Irish airports in 2007.

THE bitter stand-off over Cork Airport’s potentially crippling debt is set to drag on.

GOVERNMENT plans to establish three independent airports were plunged into a fresh crisis last night after Cork Airport’s board was told it cannot achieve independence unless it accepts a €100 million debt.

FIANNA FÁIL number-crunchers do not believe Cork Airport’s debt will cost the party seats, and now say the party it will not cancel the debt before polling day.

DUBLIN Airport Authority (DAA) has warned it could miss its target of having a new terminal built by the summer of 2009 if it does not get final planning permission by the end of the month.

THE aviation regulator has dealt the Dublin Airport Authority a severe blow in its efforts to recover the €1.2 billion airport expansion cost, by ruling out a demand for a rise in passenger charges.

RYANAIR has vowed to continue its legal challenge to oppose the building of a controversial second terminal at Dublin Airport if it is granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála.

A RATTLED Taoiseach opened the door yesterday for negotiations on the controversial €100 million Cork Airport debt issue.

MEMBERS of the public were urged yesterday to tell Government parties they will vote against them unless they do a U-turn on Cork Airport’s €100 million debt.

YOUR editorial on the Government’s somersault on Cork Airport funding was very much to the point, but did not go far enough (Irish Examiner, February 21).