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:

In the summer of 2023, there will be full daily services from Shannon Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport and Boston Logan Airport. There will also be three daily Heathrow Airport services. That is what is confirmed at the moment. That will be 10% down on what we had in 2019, which is exactly the same capacity statistic as Dublin Airport on short haul. It will be no different from there. At the moment, we will not have any of the summer leisure routes that we had in 2019. We will continue to look at that. As it stands, there be will exactly the same frequency to Boston with more capacity because there are more seats on the new aircraft. There will be increased frequency to John F. Kennedy International Airport, up from four weekly in 2019 to daily. I mentioned the Heathrow Airport commitment earlier. Shannon Airport as a whole is doing well. It will be up about 21% next summer with the overall additional seats. We will continue to work with the team there. We have a good relationship with the Shannon Airport team and will continue to work closely with them.

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