Mr. Eddie Wilson:

People have been put in a very tricky situation whereby their hard-earned money has gone into a holiday and then there is some doubt about whether they should fly based on advice from the Government. The Government needs to deal with that. It cannot have it every way. It cannot say that it wants airlines to fly but that it does not want us to fly any passengers and would rather that the only people who flew had some sort of essential reason for travel, which the Government has yet to specify. Airlines need passengers. There are commercial concerns; it is an expensive business. We changed the policy for July, August and September such that people could change with no change fee. We are on extremely low fares, however, and the reason there is a change fee is so that when somebody books a €9.99 fare, we do not incentivise them to change for a time when that fare goes up to €200 or €250. It is purely commercial. If the Government wants to do something about the conditions it has put in place, it should put something in place for people who have been put in that position. The Government cannot have it both ways. It cannot say that it is going to allow people to fly and then tell them not to fly.