Call to reinstate Shannon Airport stopover ‘bizarre’, warns DAA chief

Barry O'Halloran - The Irish Times - 22/04
Fianna Fáil TD for Clare Cathal Crowe has sought law compelling flights to land at midwestern airport

Resurrecting a rule compelling transatlantic flights to the Republic to stop at Shannon Airport would be “bizarre”, warned Kenny Jacobs, chief executive of State company DAA, at the weekend.

Cathal Crowe, Fianna Fáil TD for Clare, recently called for legislation demanding that flights stop at Shannon, in line with a “stopover” rule that Government axed in 2008, according to trade publication Travelextra.

Mr Jacobs, whose company runs Dublin Airport, said at the weekend that the suggestion that airlines stop at Shannon before travelling on to their final destination was “bizarre”.

He added that compelling airlines to take up regional routes if they want slots at Dublin Airport was similarly misguided.

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