Re: Re: Airports; how many state subsidised airports are required in Ireland

Stering aside from Shannon v. Cork.

I can’t see any point in Sligo airport. It’s very close to Knock and it’s runway can’t take a fully laden ATR. Is it in private ownership? Now, I won’t call to close it down, but let it continue without a PSO route.

I also don’t believe that there should be any PSO routes for airports that have international flights. These will continue anyway, so they provide a way for people to connect onwards.

That would pretty much leave Donegal as the only airport with PSO routes. I’d agree with Donegal retaining it anyway, because it’s so far from any reasonable public transport and air is in many ways the only practical route out of the region.