Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Eddie Wilson:
Before answering that question directly, we will have, and not just in terms of the based activity, zero flights from Cork and Shannon Airports from 4 November until 12 December at least. Can the Chairman imagine that the second city in Ireland will have no Ryanair flights in or out, not just the based activity? It is that bad. As Mr. Moriarty said, if we have not got a basis to fly then nobody will book and if nobody is going to book, we cannot fly. What I really worry about is that the Government will fudge this and try to implement some traffic light system that will put us at a disadvantage in terms of what other European countries are doing, and I do not have a lot of faith in that.
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