Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 October 2014
380. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 7 October 2014, if he will list the aircraft from the five companies that were granted permits to carry munitions; and the dates on which those permits were granted. [39185/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraMunition permits under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order, 1973, as amended, are granted for 'a particular aircraft operation'. Airlines applying for such permits are required to submit the flight number, origin and destination of the flight, details of whether the flight will land in Ireland, and, most importantly, full details of the nature of the munitions on board. The registration details of the particular aircraft carrying out the operation are not included in the application form so the information sought by the Deputy is not available to my Department.
However, outlined in the table are details of the number and dates of flights by the five airlines that were granted munitions permits over the last year for flights landing at Shannon Airport.
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North American Airlines |
04 March 2014 and 05 March 2014 |
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Delta Airlines |
15 June 2014 |
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Atlas Air Inc |
06 July 2014 |
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National Airlines |
14 August 2014, 2 flights |
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Omni Airlines |
2013 October - 42 flights November - 29 flights December - 31 flights
2014 January - 31 flights February - 19 flights March - 14 flights April - 29 flights May - 16 flights June - 14 flights July - 28 flights August - 22 flights September - 20 flights |
