Airport jobs could be 'at risk'

Talks to resolve the airport strike have collapsed

The acting head of Derry City Council has warned that further strike action by council employees could put jobs at City of Derry Airport at risk.

John Meehan is seeking another meeting with the Unite union to again ask for airport staff to be exempt from any further industrial action.

Unions have warned more strike action is likely but John Meehan says airlines won't tolerate further closures.

"The priority is that the jobs at the airport are not vulnerable."

"If we have a position where the airport is turned on and off as a facility for airlines then it would not become something they would be keen to do in the long term," he said.

"We have got to actually ensure its future, that is our key priority."