Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 24 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Impact on International Travel

Photo of Alan DillonAlan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is great to have an opportunity to attend the committee. With regard to my constituency of Mayo, I want to raise the issue of Ireland West Airport Knock.

On the current flights which have been halted in light of Covid, Knock Airport is a significant economic and tourism driver for the west and north west. Last year, it had more than 800,000 passengers. It is really motivated to hit the 1 million mark in the future. Flights from the UK would be Knock Airport's most frequent for both tourists and workers. When can we see those flights resuming? The task force on aviation report has been published. What is the pilot and the worker organisations' understanding of this?

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