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

Mr. Donal Moriarty:

To add to that, we will fully participate in the national aviation policy review and reformulation, but on the point we made earlier about Dublin Airport and the development of infrastructure there, the hub Ms Embleton was referring to is dependent upon that full suite of infrastructure being put in place; not just the runway but the pier and the stands. That is what enables the traffic growth and what delivers that new route network, not just in Aer Lingus but through other airlines. We are certainly reliant upon that for the development of our growth strategy across the north Atlantic. We have shown before that this will deliver very strongly from a national economic perspective in terms of the value that is driven to the Irish economy through foreign direct investment and others, but it is critical that the infrastructure is put in place to support that development and growth. That is why we will be emphasising that in the context of the national aviation policy and we are doing so currently in the context of the Commission for Aviation Regulation's determination.

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