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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: That is KLM, Lufthansa and-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: What about Mr. Tully's organisation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Is Mr. Tully's organisation finding that the bulk of affected flights are transfer flights?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I turn to Ms Embleton on the same point. I think I am right in saying that, at the moment, people who want to check in a 10 kg bag can do so for free but people pay an additional charge to carry on a bag. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: That is what I am saying. Effectively, to carry bags on board, people have to pay a surcharge. It is free to put bags in the hold. Passengers have to turn up that bit earlier, check in their bags and then, potentially, lose the bags. I accept the point about point-to-point flights being less problematic than transfer flights. Effectively, however, people are being charged more for the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Ms Embleton says it is free for transit passengers. What does she mean by that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Anybody who has booked two legs of a flight can carry their bags on for free.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: The surcharge applies only to point-to-point passengers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: That was the position before what is happening at the moment, though, was it not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I travelled Aer Lingus in March. I checked in my bag and was delighted I could do so because I did not have to deal with half the hassle at security. I could put my liquids and everything else into my hold luggage and just travel through the airport with a phone, a laptop and whatever else. There is a benefit to that but, effectively, Aer Lingus is incentivising people to put their bags...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: There was a reference to a Lanzarote flight last week. I think Privilege Style operated it on Aer Lingus's behalf and the aircraft was too large to land at Dublin Airport or something. Was that because the main runway was closed? What was the issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I saw a similar case yesterday. I think it was a Hi Fly flight from Paris or something. Is Aer Lingus using a lot more wet-lease aircraft than normal?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: How much of Aer Lingus's flight schedule is now being provided by other carriers on its behalf?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: It was just that that aircraft was too large to land on the smaller runway at that hour of the morning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: The US transfer business is a very significant part of the Aer Lingus operation. How has that been affected by the bag handling effect? Has it had a big impact?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Sky and Swissport referred to a particular landside facility for people to go to. Dublin Airport is trending on Twitter this morning. People who go to the facility say they can see their bags and can see they are there. They have little trackers on their bags but they cannot get to them. Does Aer Lingus have the same landside facility that the handlers have?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Aer Lingus does not have a landside facility at the moment. The unclaimed bags it handles are still airside. Is that right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: If people have trackers on their bags and can say they are in Dublin Airport, is Aer Lingus allowing them to come and collect those bags or is it telling them they must wait for Aer Lingus to dispatch the bags to them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Is that service available 24-7 or how many hours a day is it available?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation at Dublin Airport: Discussion (26 Jul 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I took on board what Mr. Harrison said about the prudent timing of two and a half hours for a short-haul flight plus an hour more if checking in a bag. Say I am going to Brussels or Paris and have a booking for a 6.50 a.m. flight. Two and a half hours before that is 4.20 a.m. Another hour before that is 3.20 a.m. How early does Aer Lingus accept bags in Dublin Airport?