Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed)

Mr. Eddie Wilson:

Yes, but the Government has to put a response in at this point. We can see the responses happening in other countries. Aena, for instance, which is the equivalent of the Dublin Airport Authority for most of the airports in Spain, has put in a scheme. These are extraordinary times and there is nothing wrong with stimulus. Indeed, the Government is putting in stimulus in other parts of the economy and the same is needed for aviation if Ireland is to maintain its current connectivity. An airport without passengers is just a building, not an airport. The State needs to incentivise airlines.

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