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Airport issues 'won't be fixed quickly'

Politician says challenges down to 'failure in succession planning'

Issues affecting the Isle of Man Airport currently are not expected to be a quick fix, one politician is warning.

That's according to Arbory, Castletown & Malew MHK Tim Glover who was asked this week about the current challenges being experienced at Ronaldsway.

A new schedule of runway closure times there was published last month and was brought in to allow air traffic controllers to take legally-mandated breaks.

Mr Glover says efforts are being made to improve the situation:

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