THE Dublin Airport Authority would have to give Aer Lingus 24 months notice and a brand new hangar before it could leave controversial Hangar 6, the airline’s chairman has claimed.

THE space you allocate to letters is not large enough for me to address all of the untruths contained in Michael O’Leary’s letter (December 3), so instead I will merely tackle the three most blatant falsehoods.

THE latest development whereby the board of Cork Airport Authority (CAA) has been ostracised from having any influence whatsoever in the extent of the debt it is to be burdened with is very serious and sinister.

BUSINESS plans to establish Cork and Shannon as independent airports have finally been sent to the Government for approval, it was confirmed yesterday.

THE Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) has proposed increasing Dublin Airport charges for airlines by up to 40% per passenger.

CORK City Council last night called on Taoiseach Bertie Ahern personally to intervene in the row over the €160 million debt for Cork Airport’s new terminal.

Up to 450 airport workers were facing redundancy tonight after union members agreed to a breakthrough €40m cost-cutting plan.

THE much criticised air travel tax is to be slashed from €10 to €3 per passenger in a bid to boost ailing tourism numbers.

FIANNA Fáil are “scumbags” according to Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary and there’s no way he’ll be voting for them.

SHANNON Airport Authority “should 100% receive” the €3.5 million Ryanair paid to the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) for breach of the five-year contract with Shannon Airport on passenger charges.

PASSENGER volume at Cork Airport is likely to be the same at the end of this year as it was in 2005, before the new terminal opened.

Dublin and Cork Airports have committed to becoming net zero for their carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest.

The Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has stated that new government legislation provides a mechanism for Cork Airport to become independent.

Passenger volumes to continental Europe increased by 9%, with almost 1.5 million passengers travelling last month.

An independently-operated third terminal at Dublin Airport is now the preferred option of government ministers, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

The Court of Appeal ruling follows nearly 20 years of litigation over the sale by Mark Monks’ late father James and his mother Ella of the land at Huntstown House, Cloghran

LONG-SUFFERING passengers will have to pay for the expansion of the country’s main airport after plans for a new terminal were unveiled without any funding in place.