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THE online petition to retain Aer Lingus’s Shannon-Heathrow slots now has more than 13,760 signa- UN KeNe
The petition which features on the Shannon Action Group website calls on the board of Aer Lingus to reverse
its decision to cancel all four daily flights to Heathrow from Shannon as of next January in the interests of the region.
Meanwhile, Comhar Sustainable Development Council has said that the cost of greenhouse gas emissions and access to airports will influence the future sustainability of the air
travel industry.
In a commentary just published the council chairman, Professor Frank Convery, said that the recent focus on Heathrow landing slots and the Aer Lingus move to Belfast brought into sharp focus the link between airport success and access to a trav- elling population.