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'Airport is safe' insists infrastructure minister

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Follows concerns about political oversight of employment matters and its 'special attention' status

The airport is safe, insists the infrastructure minister.

It's after questions were raised in Tynwald and the House of Keys in recent weeks concerning political oversight of employment matters and whether a plan was in place to get the facility back out from under a 'special attention' status.

Ronaldsway was first placed under the regulatory enforcement status in 2019 by the Isle of Man Civil Aviation Administration.

But Michelle Haywood says that had nothing to do with whether the airport was able to safely operate:

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