Mr. Willie Walsh:

In the case of Ireland, we have to give credit to Ryanair, and to Aer Lingus, but the pace at which Ryanair has recovered its network, and in fact grown it, is part of the reason, given the strong presence it has here in Ireland. Ryanair is not a member of IATA but we do reflect what it does when we are looking at the projected recovery levels.

In the second half of this year, it is also down to the strong recovery in the transatlantic market, which has been particularly encouraging because it is not just an important market but it is a growing one given the strength of the dollar and the opportunity that represents for US-based tourists, which has been particularly strong. A number of factors have benefitted Ireland directly.

It is also significant that the pace of recovery in Ireland is running ahead of that in the rest of Europe, particularly when one considers the amount of traffic between Ireland and the UK, which has been recovering slowly. The recovery between Ireland and the UK has accelerated in recent months, but the recovery in the first seven months of this year was lagging behind-----