Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed)

Mr. Reid Moody:

As I said earlier about Heathrow Airport, where there is a business case in the future and the demand is there, we will definitely look at that. We will never not look at Cork and Shannon airports in terms of further point-to-point if there is a business case for doing so. We will always look at any opportunity if the demand exists, and that 100% includes Cork and Shannon airports.

We work very closely with our partner, Emerald. Where we can work with Cork and Shannon airports to look at incentives and the ability to fly, whether that is Aer Lingus's main line or through the regional partner, we will 100% look at that, but we will need to have a decent certainty about demand to make a decent economic business case for it. I am definitely not saying we will never not look at Cork and Shannon airports. We definitely will.

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