Cork Airport bosses have again pleaded with the Government to scrap quarantining in lieu of pre-departure testing as Ryanair threatened to close its operations in Cork and Shannon from October 26. International air travel cannot be blamed for the increase in Covid-19 cases in Ireland since that time, he said. Cork Airport managing director Niall MacCarthy reiterated that it “strongly welcomed” the Irish Government’s proposal to sign up to the EU common travel framework in mid-October. Cork Airport traffic is down 90% compared to the same period last year. All eyes will now be on the progress made at the European Council of Ministers later this month, where a common approach is to be set out for air travel.

Source: Irish Examiner October 02, 2020 05:26 UTC