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. Conor Healy:

We have been clear in our view. We are at a point where there is not any real clarity on the position. If the process goes beyond the point where there can be some legally binding position in place, I would be interested to understand what might be on offer. Cork Airport currently has significant challenges and Government policy is not helping the situation. We are still waiting on a national aviation policy. In its first draft it provided no real future for Cork Airport. In that context, I would be very interested to hear of the potential opportunity for Cork Airport should a potential sale be investigated further but the potential for growth or the opportunity that might come would not in any way outweigh at this point the potential loss of the Heathrow connectivity. That is the No. 1 priority. I doubt very much we will get to that point, but it is worth having that particular view on the record.

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