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:
My guesstimate would be that we would bring forward the five-year growth projections to a three-year curve. The growth would be faster in those regional airports. Some of the other islands have asked Ireland to join in but it has not to date. The transport ministries in Portugal, the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Spain, and the Greek islands are looking at finessing some of the environmental taxation so that capital cities might pay a higher share but the Greek islands would pay a lower or no share. Much could be done that would increase competitiveness in Cork and Shannon airports over Dublin Airport.
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