Sligo must benefit from strategic development zone at Ireland West Airport
A South Sligo councillor says it’s important Sligo does all it can to ensure it benefits from a new strategic development zone being developed at Ireland West Airport Knock. The draft planning scheme for the new zone was presented to a meeting of Mayo County Council yesterday (Monday). The planning…
Knock Airport is celebrating it’s 33rd anniversary
Ireland West Airport at Knock is celebrating its 33rd anniversary. The airport opened on 25th October 1985 with three Aer Lingus charter flights to Rome. But the official opening was performed on 30 May 1986 by the then Taoiseach, the late Charles Haughey. In it’s first year of operation, it…
Knock airport closed/Road conditions slow but care needed
Road conditions in the region are slow but most route are clear with care. There have been scattered snow showers overnight right across the region but the warning level has been reduced from Red down to Orange for Sligo Leitrim and Donegal. Gardai are warning that side roads are not…
Funding boost for Donegal and Knock airports
There’s a welcome boost in funding for airports in the region. Ireland West Airport Knock has been approved for €1.8m in funding from the Department of Tourism Transport and Sport. While Donegal Airport is to receive nearly €700,000 Donegal Airport carried over 89,000 passengers in the past year while nearly…
Return to the good times? Families head to Lapland from Knock this Christmas
Ireland West Airport Knock had its first chartered flight to Lapland this month since the boomtimes in 2007. Management at the airport have confirmed that the flight with a hundred people on board set off on the 12th of December. The one night trip to Lapland to see Santa and…
Knock airport remains a vital link for people coming home this Christmas
Ballymote/Tubbercurry municipal district councillors held their monthly meeting at Ireland West Airport Knock this morning. Sligo County Council is one of a number of counties in the region which has invested in the airport. The story of the airport is part of its charm, the brainchild of Monsignor James Horan the…
New visitor centre at Ireland West Airport Knock to be ready by next year
Construction of a major new visitor centre at Ireland West Airport Knock is hoped to start in the next three months. Donal Healy, the marketing manager of the airport says that the new centre should be finished and ready by the summer season next year. The plans for this new…