A decision by the Department of Transport on the future business viability of Waterford Airport is expected shortly.
Waterford Airport management recently submitted its business case and the Department is understood to have been appraising the proposal over the past couple of weeks, with that appraisal now complete.
According to the Waterford News & Star newspaper, the Department’s decision to grant state funding to expand Waterford Airport hinges on the airport’s management showing that “sufficient demand exists for Waterford Airport to be a viable facility for regular scheduled aviation business” and that the additional capacity could not be met by existing airports in the vicinity of Waterford.
According to the newspaper the Department noted that Waterford Airport is “currently in a position to operate services without any major runway extension and it operated with the existing runway for several years previously”.
“The existing runway is comparable to Donegal Airport, which successfully operates both PSO and commercial propellor plane services,” it said.
