Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion
James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I did not mention it, but I understand. If one looks at the hub airlines, such as Emirates, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways, they seem to be operating and will continue operating wide-body aircraft, and I doubt that we will ever see Aer Lingus doing eastern flights given its current trajectory. Is there a plan to expand the capacity in Dublin Airport to service that type of growth, where there could be three or four daily services serving the Middle East? Essentially, it is going back to what we had pre-2019 and growing from there over the course of the next ten years. I am sorry that it is a very technical question, but it is an important one.
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