Anyone who thought the recently announced joint "study" was anything more than a classic stalling tactic would be worried by the reports coming out of local papers...
- Little movement in weeks since meeting
- No report team appointed
- Varadkar bringing up supposed state aid rules in interview
- Varadkar brining in consultants, public tender to take several months
- Taoiseach worried about perception of bias if he intervenes
- Internal row in Taoiseach's party as own colleagues don't trust him
- Airport chairman concedes HHN/BVA lost due to lack of promotion, SNN bailout "did not help"
Knock Airport loses two continental routes
Connaught Telegraph - The unanswered question: How can Knock Airport survive when state is funding a plan to increase Shannon Passanger numbers to 2.5 million at its expense