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:
Out of any European legacy or low-cost airline, Aer Lingus has been the biggest accelerator of growth from the low point to where we stand today. I say that with regard to the fact that both of our main networks were relatively fully shut. Throughout the last few years, we operated at around 20% capacity during certain periods, and there were days when we were in the single digits. We are nearly back up to full capacity again. If one looks at the acceleration of growth of any airline throughout Europe, one will see that Aer Lingus has by far come back the strongest from the low point. We have put a huge effort into getting our capacity back up while balancing the operational impact. It has been a difficult 12 months to get the operation back up and running. I do not accept that we have dampened growth; if anything, we have worked extremely hard to get capacity back up as much as-----
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