Military airspace near Dublin Airport
Mitchell said military airfields near Dublin restrict traffic at times. Brennan acknowledged military airspace as a difficulty for air traffic control across Europe.
Let me ask a final supplementary which is relevant to this. Would the Minister agree that ATC at Dublin Airport is hampered by the fact that the airport is located between two military airfields, Gormanstown and Baldonnel, and that military aircraft control in those areas restricts aircraft at certain times flying in and out of the airport?
Comment on this
The Deputy will be aware that the question of military airspace is the difficulty which ATC meets not only here but throughout Europe and it is difficult to resolve because military airspace is a particular situation we have to allow for. I take it the Deputy is not suggesting we move Dublin Airport.