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:
They are. We also have two short-haul neo aircraft, which have just been delivered. On short-haul services, we are not considering growth alone because we also need to replace the aircraft we have. The impact of the pandemic was such that we were losing €1 million per day, with a swing in finances of about €1 billion. My first priority is to secure replacement aircraft and make a business case to replace the short-haul fleet. Then we will look to growth. We took an opportunistic view of the aircraft that became available – the two aircraft we brought into the fleet over the past weeks – but we have to replace our short-haul aircraft as well as grow the fleet.
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