Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
National Aviation Policy: Ryanair
Mr. Michael O'Leary:
We have placed a large order with Boeing and are a very big customer but we do not have that kind of power or influence. We are investing heavily in maintenance infrastructure in Shannon Airport and investing very heavily in Dublin Airport and working with the Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, to add three maintenance hangars at Dublin Airport. That will create far more jobs than asking Boeing to make bits of planes here. There are military issues too when Boeing tries to move aircraft technologies out of North America. If anything, the company is onshoring a lot of stuff that used to be in China. We do not have that kind of clout so I am afraid the answer to the Deputy's question is "No". However, we can create a lot more useful jobs here with aircraft maintenance in Dublin and Shannon airports.
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