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

Photo of Gerry HorkanGerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Chairman acknowledged that Mr. Walsh was the chief executive of an airline and then of a bigger one. I recall when he was the boss of Futura. I am around that long. He went from Futura to Aer Lingus to British Airways to IAG, and now he is here. The point he made on Irish aviation generally, which I have made before, was that between himself and Mr. Michael O’Leary, Mr. Alan Joyce, Mr. Eamonn Brennan and many others, including pioneers such as Mr. Tony Ryan in his day, along with Shannon Airport, the contribution was enormous.

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