Ms Lynne Embleton:

During Covid, we learned a lot about the economic of flying cargo on cargo only aircraft. A passenger aircraft with belly hold space for cargo needs to be filled at many times the normal yield in order to break even on that flight. Using a passenger aircraft for cargo purposes only in very extreme circumstances can make sense. In Aer Lingus, we need to make sure that where we have passenger services we use them as much as possible, but also fill the cargo part of the aircraft. We do not have any further plans for Shannon in terms of cargo. Where we can operate passenger services supplemented with cargo we will do so. We do not have cargo specific aircraft in Aer Lingus, and we do not intend to move into that space. It is about utilising the network we have and ensuring that the belly holds of passenger aircraft are filled with cargo as much as we can.