Mr. Michael O'Leary:

No, it would be a fairer charge. We expect every passenger travelling to and from Europe, whether on long haul or a transfer flight, to pay their fair charge. I would argue that the charge for short-haul flights should reduce from €4.50 to €2 50. People continually misunderstand this and say it is only €2 and nobody really minds €2. If they did not mind €2 we would have taken the €2 off them 25 years ago. People mind 10 cent. If people are looking at two attractively priced flights to two alternate destinations, one with higher access costs with an environmental tax and the other with lower access costs and no environmental tax, people will move in their hundreds of thousands. It is incredibly price sensitive.