Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air

5:00 pm

Mr. Stephen Kavanagh:

I would like to turn Dublin Airport into the same hub that Atlanta is for Delta. The pricing is just a mistake. KLM, Air France and Delta are part of the same entity. They are supposed to co-ordinate pricing, schedules and customer propositions. Obviously, they were not good at the task in that example. That is why technology and transparency can be very beneficial for the consumer who should always search. This combination gives the Irish consumer more opportunities. By combining with Oneworld, the Irish consumer has immediate one stop access to 387 destinations globally. That is an opportunity Aer Lingus cannot deliver. We cannot fly Senator Terry Brennan from Dublin to Atlanta at a competitive price. If we have a partnership with American Airlines, we can do so. That is the difference. I would prefer him to travel on the services we provide, at least as far as New York or Boston.

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