Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I understand the traditional customer demand, which is obviously the driving motive of a company. It has to meet customer demand and that is how it schedules flights but we are in extraordinary times. I understand that people who were booked on flights out of Shannon got emails to state they can fly out of Cork or Dublin airports. Alternatives were given so ipso facto that works also. Aer Lingus has perfectly good aircraft parked up now for nine or ten weeks on the apron of Shannon Airport. It could reverse its policy where it flies everything out of Dublin and offer a few flights out of Shannon.

I ask about the neojets. I understand it is more efficient for Mr. Doyle's airline to fly them out of Shannon because it is a longer runway. Every time a neojet takes off from Dublin Airport its payload is reduced by 40 passengers. There is less cargo going off it so therefore it is less profitable. In these crisis months has Mr. Doyle looked at flying some of those neojets out of Shannon where he will get a better payload, certainly in terms of cargo if not passengers?