Ms Mary Considine:

First and foremost, one of our key priorities has been to grow passenger levels at Shannon, both for business and for tourism. We work very closely with airline partners and offer very attractive incentive schemes that are published. In addition, we offer a level of marketing support and work very closely with Tourism Ireland, which provides co-operative marketing to airlines. In total we put a very attractive package to the airlines.

Again, this goes back to airlines being commercial and market demand. It is why, as a group, we have invested in Shannon and the region to ensure we are stimulating demand. For airlines to operate routes that are sustainable in the longer term, they need to be getting yield, which relates to market demand. The more businesses we have, the more people will want to use the services. Again, demand is being created in this way and the long-term sustainability of routes is ensured.