Dr. John Lannon:

The only specific piece of information we have is that the charges in relation to the US military flights are waived. The US Government is not being charged for those military flights under the Eurocontrol agreement. In theory, Irish State aircraft that overfly the US or fly into the US do not pay charges and in reciprocation, US aircraft using Irish airports or Irish airspace do not pay charges for same. We probably have only one or two Irish State aircraft going to the US every year whereas the US has thousands, if not tens of thousands, of planes using Irish airspace annually.