Mr. Willie Walsh:

Dublin Airport will be the hub. There cannot be two hubs. If we try to develop a second hub or force the development of one, it will fail. There will not be growth in the traffic but rather a reduction. Dublin Airport succeeds because it has a strong point-to-point, or origin and destination, O&D, market, and a strong transfer market. The effect of Dublin Airport as a hub has been very positive for the growth of services into and out of Dublin and, therefore, into and out of Ireland. I acknowledge it does not benefit everyone as much as it does people in Dublin, but it means there are services into Ireland that we would not otherwise have.