Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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When I look at the Ryanair route map, I see that its reach into Europe is extending. Some of its routes are up to four and a half or five hours long. Surely it is now time for Ryanair to start considering transatlantic routes. It had a plan once but scrapped it. Maybe such routes are not on the horizon, but some airports in upstate New York offer cheap landing fees that would be attractive. Ryanair could exploit the free clearance provided at Shannon and Dublin, making it viable for European travellers to go from Frankfurt-Hahn or Charleroi, touch down in Ireland and go on to the US. Is this possibility being considered?