Mr. Eddie Wilson:

On the issue of supports, there has been, for example, a 100% discount in landing charges in Spain and a 75% reduction in Portugal. Cyprus is offering incentives on a per passenger basis and Sicily, which has a larger population than the Republic of Ireland, has introduced a specific incentive scheme for low-fare airlines. In those cases, the airlines know what is going to happen in terms of supports being offered. The point is that there is going to be a smaller pool of available seats, not only this winter or next summer but for the next three or four years. Once we get into next summer, assuming we do not have a full second wave and nothing else untoward happens, we are probably the only airline that has the ability to grow. We have 200 additional aircraft on order. What is going to happen in Ireland is that the only seats that will be available in any significant volume are those on the two airlines that are represented here today. Everybody else is retrenching. We can see that happening already. What the Government should do is introduce a programme that reduces charges, not just for Ryanair but for any airline that wants to fly here.