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€2.5m grant for Donegal
Airport
14.04.10
DONEGAL Airport has
been approved grant funding of more than €2.46m for
runway improvements and other capital works.
The money will help replace the landing system at a
cost of around €400,000 with €2.3m of the allocation
earmarked for the reconfiguration and overlay of the
runway and other necessary safety works.
North West MEP Pat the Cope yesterday said it was
expected tenders would be invited in the near future
and works would be completed later in the year. A
total of 90% of the works will be funded by the
Department of Transport with the remainder met by
the airport. |
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Donegal Airport at
Carrickfinn in the Gaeltacht, currently provides two
daily flights to Dublin and three weekly flights to
Glasgow, with a fourth service commencing May 22.
The weekly Donegal to Rotterdam flight will also
recommence on that date and run until September.
Pat the Cope described the announcement as “great
news for the future of Donegal Airport, which is
vital to the economic, tourism, social and cultural
life of the region”.
He paid tribute to the airport's management and
staff and users of the airport "who continue to make
it a viable business". |
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