Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: Discussion
2:00 pm
Mr. Evan Cullen:
It is a simple matter of fact that there are more people employed directly by Aer Lingus now than there were prior to the Greenfield plan of 2009. There are in excess of 100 more pilots employed in Aer Lingus now than there were in 2009. As a classic local example, IAG-BA has a base in Belfast and so does Aer Lingus. If the transaction goes ahead, it is inconceivable to suggest that there will be two competing pilot bases on the one runway in Belfast. This is not going to happen.
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