Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) IAG

2:00 pm

Mr. Willie Walsh:

I will give Deputy Regina Doherty two really big important developments that we would address quickly. First, we would bring Aer Lingus into the oneworld alliance. Aer Lingus was in the oneworld alliance previously. I believe there is very significant benefit to the Aer Lingus customer base and to existing oneworld customers by Aer Lingus being part of that. I understand the reason Aer Lingus left the oneworld alliance was because there is a cost associated, particularly related to the cost of IT, which has since been addressed by oneworld. We would also bring Aer Lingus into the transatlantic joint business with American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia and Finnair. Those are two massive short-term developments that would have huge value to Aer Lingus customers, the Irish economy and Aer Lingus stakeholders.

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