Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Group and Port of Waterford Company: Chairpersons Designate

Ms Rose Hynes:

2019 has been a challenging year for us, primarily because of the Boeing 737 MAX, which was grounded because of safety concerns. We have proven by getting Norwegian Air and the additional 13 transatlantic flights that there is a market for those. I am therefore confident that we will get them back, although we cannot get them back overnight. The Senator asked about passenger numbers. We have already stated that if we lose 13 weekly flights from Norwegian Air, that would be 120,000 passengers, and another 125,000 passengers from Air Canada, we would be down by between 6% and 8% on last year's numbers.

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