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:
How does Dublin get from 38 million passengers to 50 million passengers? I believe that 10 million or 11 million of that 12 million growth will come from additional flights from Europe, increasingly from central and eastern Europe and also more from the UK. Those are the two biggest tourism markets we have. There is an over-preponderance of focus on transatlantic flights. Airports love long-haul stuff because it is shiny and new, but it does not deliver significant traffic volumes. They spend more, but the short-haul flights where two or three flights a day can be delivered is much more dramatic for our tourism industry.
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