Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion
Mr. Donal Moriarty:
It makes sense commercially and it is on sale. We resumed our transatlantic services from Shannon in April this year after nearly a two-year gap. On what the Deputy mentioned earlier, the cancellation of services during the two years was not something we wanted to do. It was something we had to do because there were travel restrictions in place internationally, but, more specifically in Ireland, that simply meant those services could not operate in that period. We resumed those transatlantic services as quickly as we could. They are up and running now bringing tourist to the west of Ireland on a daily basis and they are operating successfully. We will continue to do that and we see no reason why those services would not continue and prosper into the future.
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