Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Impact on Aviation

Mr. Ray Gray:

Our focus is on the recovery of travel and traffic. Much of the initial focus now is around the processes and the safety, health and testing regimes around that. Of course we need to work with airlines. Indeed, the aviation task force and ourselves as airports have been focused on what supports are needed to bolster that into the future. We are going to need Government support in marketing routes. The committee will hear later this morning from the airlines about what supports they are looking for. It is hugely important that as a country we invest in the recovery of traffic. The safeguarding of the business now and the recovery of traffic will ensure we remain strong and viable into the future.