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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is to be welcomed. To clarify so that I am clear in my head, 32,000 people had their flights cancelled. Of these, 21,000 were looked after within 72 hours, leaving 11,000 passengers, of whom 7,500 have come forward for compensation and 6,800 of them have been compensated, leaving roughly 700 yet to be compensated. That leaves 3,500 of the 11,000 people. Who are they?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Within 72 hours.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many of them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: In regard to those who were entitled to claim under that, did that apply to the full 32,000 people?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Has a deadline date been set for people to submit claims on this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Ms Carberry. That gives clarity. I was misinterpreting the figures. The vast majority of the 11,000 people were accommodated with flights, probably within 72 hours, and overall, 7,500 people have put in claims, of whom 6,800 have been compensated so there are roughly 700 left over.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: When last before us Ms Embleton brought up in connection with Dublin Airport the number of hours in advance people needed to arrive at the airport. Are the hours people are required to be at the airport in advance back to normal for people intending fly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The advisory times were brought up previously. Obviously, we are trying to exit Covid-19 but we are still-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is a public awareness campaign.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: As a public representative based in Limerick, Shannon Airport is important to me so I want to get an understanding. We are going to do a module on national aviation policy. We see nationally that all airports have increased their passenger numbers but Dublin Airport's numbers have increased exponentially faster. As a result, its market share overall has gone sky-high. Shannon and Cork...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it naive to say the airline seeks to bring people from the UK or wherever to a hub in Shannon Airport and then fly them out on transatlantic routes? From where are the people being routed through Dublin Airport coming?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is that in Dublin Airport?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: If Shannon Airport had a hub to somewhere like Amsterdam, Frankfurt or Charles de Gaulle airport, would it make it more attractive as a hub for airlines such as Aer Lingus?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Ms Embleton referred a number of times to the hub out of Dublin Airport. Will she give me an example of what flights are routed through the Dublin hub?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would they be Aer Lingus short-haul services or those of other airlines?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is a combination of having short-haul flights arriving coupled with serious connectivity, both European hub and long-haul connectivity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore, if operating out of an environment where the local market is not enormous population-wise, that makes it more difficult.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will Mr. Moriarty describe how he sees the future of Aer Lingus in Shannon Airport? I was first elected to Dáil Éireann in 2007. My first political encounter was when the Aer Lingus Heathrow slots went from Shannon Airport. That was my first introduction to national politics. This has always been an issue. Historically, Shannon Airport had the Shannon stopover. Where does he...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That hurt at the time.