Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail)
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Do either of the members want to comment on the other slides from earlier?

I want to touch on one or two points and then we will probably have finished. We might have touched on this at our meeting in Brussels. Historically, planes flew in straight lines to particular points, so there were a lot of triangle-type routes. That used a simpler technology than the one now available. Are we working towards a more point to point approach? AirNav told us that on an American basis, it can allow the airlines move within a certain range, depending on winds and so forth. Can airlines now say they will go in a straight line from Dublin to Paris or is it still the case that they have to go to Liverpool, down to Cardiff, across to London and down that way?