Ms Lynne Embleton:

Pre-pandemic, the short-haul fleet had 40 aircraft, for example, and we are now closer to having 30 short-haul aircraft, with many of those not seeing much utilisation on a daily basis. We can bring them out of parking if the situation and markets support that.

On the long-haul element, since Aer Lingus was acquired by IAG, there has been significant growth in international long-haul travel. It is going up to 19 aircraft. The growth of long-haul travel coming into the Covid-19 pandemic had some momentum behind it. Currently, few aircraft are working hard. The aircraft are there. In some cases we would need to spend capital to get them back ready to fly and some of the decisions in front of us concern whether we are confident spending the money to get those aircraft ready to fly and whether that is sensible in the near and medium term.

Ultimately, we have aircraft orders and I would like us to be in a position where we can continue with those orders and have the capital and financial support to commit to more aircraft and get back to the growth path we were on before this pandemic. The timing of all this adds some uncertainty.