Builder Conneely knocked back on Weston Airport expansion

The owner of Weston Airport, Galway builder Brian Conneely, will have to seek planning permission for runway changes that he says are needed to allow him ramp up the airport’s executive jet services.

Conneely has been fielding offers from “several executive jet operators”, he said in planning filings, who have “expressed a strong interest in using Weston Airport as an alternative to Dublin Airport”. However, in order to allow that to happen, he ...