Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed)
Mr. Peter O'Neill:
I am happy to take that one. The takeaway comment on the weather readiness from Friday was that things could have been better. There was a perception that was not dissimilar to our comment on infrastructure. Runways were clear but the supporting infrastructure was not as clear as we would have liked it to be. Particular conditions on Thursday and into Friday were difficult. There was a lot of precipitation which then froze, and that meant de-icing had to happen much closer to departure as opposed to being done several hours in advance. That was unique to the situation. De-icing is the responsibility of the airlines and the ground handling agents at the airport; that is a given-----
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