Mr. Basil Geoghegan:

I do not believe Cork was used in any way in that regard. There was a very different set of circumstances. Norwegian is a large airline with a lot of aircraft deliveries and wanted to develop as many new routes as it could. It has talked about developing routes in places as far flung as Argentina. It was about it being able to develop routes. The issue with the US was more about restrictions which the US should have lifted a lot earlier but did not because of certain political pressures in the US. I know from my time at the IAA that the chief executive, Eamonn Brennan, was at the forefront of pushing some of that with the US. I never heard any reference to any tactical use of Cork by Norwegian or anyone else so I do not believe it is the case.