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Following the announcement last week in the High Court that Michael McAteer of Grant Thornton has been appointed as interim examiner to Comhfhorbairt (Gaillimh) trading as Aer Arann, the airline has assured the public that all scheduled services will continue to operate as normal.

Passengers were thrown into further disarray this week as their travel plans were forced to change on Wednesday following the cancellation of flights from Ireland West Airport Knock due to the plume of volcanic ash over Irish airspace. However by Thursday morning operations had resumed after the Irish Aviation Authority were informed that volcanic ash in the atmosphere, from the Icelandic volcano, had stabilised.

Flights have once again resumed at Galway Airport, but travel agents in the city are still working around the clock to assist hundreds of customers still stranded in countries around the world due to flight disruptions resulting from the Icelandic volcano cloud.

There was widespread disruption to flights into and out of Ireland West Airport Knock yesterday (Thursday) as a result of a cloud of ash caused by a volcanic eruption in Iceland and the Irish Aviation Authority said restrictions in Irish airspace would continue until 10am today (Friday) at the earliest.

Tourists are vital to the Irish economy but for the pleasure of coming here the Government hits them with a tax, and this is affecting tourism in Galway and across the State.

With over 600,000 passengers passing through its terminal in 2009, a €27 million expansion plan in train, and plans afoot to increase public transport links and improve the road network, the future looks bright for Ireland West Airport Knock.

West of Ireland-based airline Aer Arann has begun its search for a new managing director to succeed Garry Cullen who is to retire later this year after fulfilling a two-year-contract.

The country’s two biggest airlines Ryanair and Aer Lingus are to clash with Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) over a compensation bill of €1 million after the radar debacel in Dublin Airport earlier in the month.

Ireland West Airport Knock has welcomed Aer Lingus’s return to the west of Ireland following agreement to commence an Aer Lingus London Gatwick service in April 2009. The decision will provide the airport and the region with interlinking capabilities connecting business interests and tourism traffic in both directions. It will add an additional 127,000 annual seat capacity at Ireland West Airport Knock, increasing its share of the Irish regional market to the UK to almost 20 per cent.

More words have been written and spoken on Ireland West Airport Knock than any other Irish airport. Everyone has a tale to tell, a memory to recall, an opinion to offer — and all with the same gusto that characterised the man behind the ‘people’s airport’, Monsignor James Horan.