Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed)
Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
My last question relates to some earlier questions on the decision-making criteria. As part of this process what we are trying to explore as a committee is what the levers that Government or airports have to try to encourage additional routes and additional traffic, and how we might as part of that look at a more even distribution of traffic across the airports in the State. The witnesses mentioned marketing support, route incentives and airport charges. Can they give examples of where that has worked? We touched to some degree on airport charges but what will Mr. Moody touch on the types of things that can be achieved if we get those policies right?
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