Chairman of Ireland West Airport Knock Liam Scallon this week thanked the region’s public representatives for making representations to the Minister for Transport in relation to securing €285k in grant aid for the airport to subvent its significant operational costs.
Joe Gilmore, managing director of IWAK, added: “While we are not an airport that wishes to be dependent on grant aid, this allocation will be particularly helpful as the business enters a difficult and challenging winter period, with projected losses forecast.”
Mr Scallon ended by saying: “The airport has made huge strides to cut costs, grow income, expand and add value to the economy. It is a core public service for the region, run with minimal cost to the public purse, and therefore this vital support from the Exchequer is a welcome sign of acknowledgement of the work being done to continue to provide and improve air access to and from the West, North West and Midlands regions of Ireland.”
