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:

I have already made that clear. It is when the official Government policy of this country is not to demonise air travel and open it again in a responsible way. We had a wasted summer here. We have seen the casualties already in Cork and Shannon and in reduced traffic out of Dublin, which means people are not willing to travel when their Governments tell them not to do so. We accept that where there are red countries, particularly within the EU, there will have to be some testing regime. We will have to restore travel to green and amber countries, however, and then we would be of a mind to look at restoring those where there may well be some demand. In the meantime, however, the tide is going out further all the time because other countries are looking for those aircraft and we are making decisions already for next summer.

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