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| Airport re-opens after four days | |
| (about 13 hours later) | |
| A Northern Ireland airport which closed after concerns were raised about safety standards has been re-opened. | |
| City of Derry Airport was shut on Friday by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) due to a "systematic failure of safety management". | City of Derry Airport was shut on Friday by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) due to a "systematic failure of safety management". |
| Management said that all safety issues have been resolved. The airport was given the all-clear after a further inspection on Sunday. | |
| Airport chief executive Seamus Devine apologised to the airport's customers. | |
| "It's the last thing we wanted to happen and of course we accept a a large part of the responsibilty," he said. | "It's the last thing we wanted to happen and of course we accept a a large part of the responsibilty," he said. |
| Throughout the weekend contractors were on site completing a number of improvements. | Throughout the weekend contractors were on site completing a number of improvements. |
| These included updating the bird management system by placing nets across culverts and ponds, repairs to the aircraft parking apron and minor drainage work carried out adjacent to the runway. | These included updating the bird management system by placing nets across culverts and ponds, repairs to the aircraft parking apron and minor drainage work carried out adjacent to the runway. |
| British Airways will operate its full programme of flights from the airport to Glasgow and Dublin. | British Airways will operate its full programme of flights from the airport to Glasgow and Dublin. |
| Both First Choice and Falcon holidays will also resume their chartered services. | Both First Choice and Falcon holidays will also resume their chartered services. |
| Ryanair flights to London Stansted, East Midlands, Glasgow Prestwick and Liverpool will operate from Wednesday. | Ryanair flights to London Stansted, East Midlands, Glasgow Prestwick and Liverpool will operate from Wednesday. |
| Speaking earlier on Monday, Londonderry businessman Brendan Duddy said the situation at the airport was "unacceptable". | Speaking earlier on Monday, Londonderry businessman Brendan Duddy said the situation at the airport was "unacceptable". |
| "We in the private sector, we just don't get away with that," he said. | "We in the private sector, we just don't get away with that," he said. |
| "This is public versus private. Derry City Council running an airport? Not on." | "This is public versus private. Derry City Council running an airport? Not on." |
| Questions are still being asked about how problems got to such a stage that the airport had to be completely closed in the first place. |