Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority

Mr. Kenny Jacobs:

They would bite our hands off to get the performance we are giving at the moment. We should all expect that it is not going to be back to business as usual, however. Handlers in certain airports in certain countries are still suffering. Ryanair and Aer Lingus will perform well but I know of many other airlines and a lot of airports around Europe where I expect resilience will be a challenge. The thing I particularly want to call out, which I think the airlines have called out here, is that air traffic control, in particular French, the western part of Germany and Catalonian air traffic controls, can be something that causes delays in the systems. People might say that is something to do with the airport; it is nothing to do with the airport. We need to make sure everybody builds in resilience going forward.

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