Killarney

By Sean Moriarty
<h3>Kerry Airport serves as a tourism gateway to our county, allows local people to jet off on sun holidays and provides a commuter link for our UK-based emigrants.</h3>
However, more could be done to make a great little airport even greater.
 There are at least six daily flights from Dublin to Brussels, a similar number serves Barcelona in Spain. This is just an example of the two popular destinations.
 We all know the continuing problems at Dublin Airport so is it not time to spread the love and redistribute some of these flights to regional airports?
 People living in the Midlands, who are equidistance from Dublin and Kerry Airports would welcome such a move as much as locals.
 The timing of the 10.25am daily departure from Kerry to Dublin needs to be looked at too. That flight arrives at 11.20am so realistically it will be lunchtime before any passenger arrives in the city centre.
 The return flight departs at 4.30pm and given the security issues at Dublin Airport passengers will need to be there two hours before departure &ndash; that does not give near enough time to conduct any business in the capital.
 The timing of the Kerry Dublin flight does not suit for the majority of connecting flights either and inevitably will lead to at least one overnight stay in Dublin on either the outbound or inbound leg of a journey.
 And don&rsquo;t get us started on hotel prices near Dublin Airport!
<h3>Have your say:
 Contact the Killarney Advertiser newsdesk@killarneyadvertiser.ie and share your opinion.</h3>

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