Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Impact on Aviation
Mr. Ray Gray:
We are anxious to ensure as many flights as possible can operate subject to the overarching health restrictions. We are anxious to ensure that at Dublin and at Cork because it is our mandate to do so. Every day we are sitting down with airlines to discuss their plans and how we can support and assist them. At the same time we are working with the State authorities to follow the national protocols and health procedures.
Unfortunately, we have been receiving disappointing news about the plans of airlines. We are seeing a small take-up of flights so there are low-load factors and airlines are postponing or putting back their plans to bring new capacity online.