Written answers
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Shannon Airport Facilities
Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the carriers that were granted permission to carry weapons or munitions through Shannon airport in the past year. [38287/14]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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A permit under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973, as amended, is required for any civilian aircraft to transport munitions of war in Irish airspace. In the past year permits were granted to the following five airlines landing at Shannon Airport with munitions on board: 1. Omni Air International; 2. Atlas Air; 3. National Airlines; 4. Delta Airlines; 5. North American Airlines.
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