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 be honest. The debate seemed to centre on the Heathrow Airport slots, the area we have examined. I have no problem if Aer Lingus believes it can operate a viable service to Amsterdam and Paris, which we would continue. British Airways flies to Amsterdam, Paris Orly and Paris Charles de Gaulle. We are not trying to say Aer Lingus can fly to Heathrow Airport and nowhere else. Vueling and Iberia fly to Paris Orly and Paris Charles de Gaulle. All three fly to Amsterdam. We serve these cities and if there is business, we have no objection to it.
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