Mr. Willie Walsh:

It is more expensive to some degree. One can provide them but normally it means that one is overnighting crews in hotels rather than having them based there. In many cases, that is what airlines do when there is insufficient activity at the base to justify having people based there. Aer Lingus has early morning departures, or they certainly did have such departures from a number of European cities but the crew members are not based there. They operate a late flight in from Ireland and an early departure but they stay in a hotel. It is not impossible to do it. I would not say that business people will lose out but it does impact on the schedule because it makes it more complex than if one has people and aircraft based there.