Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh

Mr. Willie Walsh:

We did predict a recovery in 2022. The shape of the recovery is slightly different from what we had expected. Aviation recovered faster at the beginning and is now getting towards where we expected it to be. Looking at the effect over a full year, our projections were very close. What took everybody by surprise was just how strong the recovery was, particularly in April and May of this year. It caught airlines and airports out. Most airlines and airports were able to recover pretty quickly. I am sure that, as politicians, the members will be well aware that you should not believe everything you read in the newspapers but the headlines did reflect a difficult situation for a period of time. That was true at a number of airports, including Dublin Airport. To give credit to most airports and airlines, they got their act together reasonably quickly to be able to fulfil the demand that existed without too much disruption.

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