Waterford Airport to receive €400,000 in emergency funding

Emergency funding of almost €400,000 has been granted to Waterford Airport.

Minister of State John Halligan met with Transport Minister Shane Ross and members of the department earlier today.

The funding, from the Department of Transport, is to allow for the Airport to remain operational over the next six months in their ongoing bid to find a new flight carrier.

There has been no commercial airline at the airport since VLM ceased it's Waterford- London Luton route last year, and the department have said they cannot guarantee future funding should a carrier fail to be found.