THE new chairman of the Cork Airport Authority has pulled out of a scheduled appearance before an Oireachtas hearing today.

THE Department of Transport has refused to comment further on a hint by Transport Minister Noel Dempsey that the separation of the three state airports may be deferred.

A GOVERNMENT TD has claimed Cork airport’s debt for its new terminal will remain with Dublin airport until the country’s airports separate in three years time.

FIVE non-executive directors announced their resignation from the board of Anglo Irish Bank yesterday, ahead of the Government’s expected formal takeover of the lender later this week.

THE Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has denied speculation that the official opening of Cork Airport’s new terminal won’t now take place until October.

THE €200 million sale of the Great Southern Hotels next month closes a chapter on the Irish hospitality industry that dates to 1845.

THE internationally-acclaimed Shannon College of Hotel Management (SCHM) is to transfer from the ownership of Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) to become part of National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG).

Around 150 new jobs will be created during the upgrade of the runway at Dublin Airport.

An emergency landing has taken place at Cork Airport this morning, with reports that the cockpit on the Aer Lingus plane filled with smoke.

Dublin Airport chiefs want to challenge orders to limit flights when a second runway opens in 2020.

The Dublin Airport Authority is to build a new runway.

The first transatlantic flights from Cork are poised to take off later this year after a breakthrough ruling by the US Department of Transportation (DoT) writes Irish Examiner Reporter Eoin English .

More than 355,000 passengers are due to travel through Dublin Airport over the June Bank Holiday weekend.

DAA recorded a 47% increase in profits last year, to €61m.

Concerns are being raised about cost over runs at the new runway for Dublin Airport.

Around 400 new jobs are to be created at Dublin Airport with the opening of a new terminal-linked hotel.

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).