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 clearly want to provide a good experience. When we look at how airports and airlines recovered, we can see that there were a number of factors involved. In countries where Government support for maintaining employment was strong, the sector recovered much more quickly. In Spain, for example, the system for supporting employers in maintaining their employees was particularly well structured and the sector has been able to recover and is now operating without any difficulties. The same is true of Switzerland. Geneva Airport has not experienced any problems. I use that airport on a very regular basis. What the Government here did to support employment was good but it was not quite at the same level as in other places. When we look at what happened, we see that a big factor was how employees and employers were supported through the crisis.

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