Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 June 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Kevin Thompstone:

There certainly is a future for cargo. It could be high-value low-volume goods in the belly of aircraft that are carrying passengers. During the pandemic, a very high volume of cargo traffic has come through Shannon Airport. It is a very competitive business which is why some cargo goes by road. One of the things we have learned during the pandemic is that businesses value choice. We need multiple points of connection to our key markets. It is strategically weak for us as a country to have everything go through one seaport connection as we have discovered through the UK. The very same argument applies to air cargo. I definitely see potential in that space for airports in the western region.

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