Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion
Ms Lynne Embleton:
I think we will see market growth in the industry. That is what I fully expect to happen. We are growing long haul faster. We have just announced a new service to Cleveland. It is the only connecting direct route between Europe and Cleveland, which will benefit Ireland and connections onto Europe. We are growing long haul. We had long-haul aircraft on order that we were able to take up over the course of the pandemic. We have more coming. In the case of short haul, we took advantage of two leased aeroplanes to go back up to 33. I expect that the market will develop. As that happens, I would like to grow our short-haul business with it.
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