Government should not let itself be bounced into intervening over the passenger cap because of claims about €500 flights and half a billion in lost tourism revenue
Coalition must not allow itself to be bounced into intervening over passenger cap because of claims about €500 flights and €500m in lost tourism revenue
Currently today in late August our lowest fares from London to Dublin on Friday, December 20th, Saturday, December 21st, or Sunday, December 22nd, are rapidly approaching €100 one way due to this Government’s failure to allow airlines to run extra flights to/from Dublin this ChristmasOn Monday morning O’Leary reiterated a warning he gave in June that capacity constraints will start to be felt in earnest at Christmas, a peak time for the airport as people come and go over the festive period.
It’s worth noting in this regard that the carrier has said it plans to add another 50,000 seats on its route from Stanstead to Belfast International where Ryanair flights from London are between €35 and €60 over the pre-Christmas peak In February, he predicted confidently that airline fares would be significantly higher this summer due to several factors including a shortage of available aircraft across the industry. He predicted Ryanair prices would be up 10 per cent.
It is a timely reminder that O’Leary is not infallible and that the Government should not let itself be bounced into intervening in the process simply because of his predictions that flights over the Christmas holidays could hit €500. It is possible that O’Leary and Jacobs could be correct. Likewise, it may well be in the wider national interests to increase the cap and override the concerns of residents and environmental objectors
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