Mr. Reid Moody:

The common thread the committee has heard from all of us on Dublin is the fact that the second runway is not just the end point. The investment in Dublin over the medium term needs to be focused on all of the associated infrastructure, specifically stands and investing in the hub infrastructure that is required to make Dublin as efficient an airport as possible. If we look at Shannon, our relationship with the management team there is excellent. We work very closely with it . We are pleased to say we have been able not only to get back to the north Atlantic flying but to expand on that.

On the earlier point, in both Shannon and Cork airports, it comes down to the demand for and cost of increasing point-to-point services. We will always look at anything the regions can do to increase attractiveness of demand, such as encouraging inward tourism, combined with any incentives that decrease the costs for the airline to operate. That is my summary.