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Ryanair accuses Transport Minister of ‘strangling’ Irish aviation industry
By Ferghal Blaney
Ryanair is accusing Eamon Ryan of “strangling” the Irish aviation industry.
And Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson is making a passionate plea for Mr Ryan to “act now to save travel connections at Christmas to reunite Irish families.”
“The airline told the Oireachtas transport committee in a statement this morning that the Transport Minister is putting 465,000 jobs at risk with his” absence of a coherent aviation policy. ”
Ryanair believes that all 140,000 jobs in Irish aviation and 325,000 in tourism are at risk by keeping the skies closed during the second Covid lockdown.
And they argue that airplanes are the “safest places on the planet” for people gathering in a confined space due to strict compliance rules imposed by airlines.
Ryanair CEO Mr Wilson says: “The 20 summer season was directly missed due to the failure of the government policy and the direction that people should not travel.
“Instead of using the weather over the summer to bolster Track and Trace and hospital capacity, aviation was and continues to be used as a scapegoat for the transmission of C19, when data and science conclusively show that Airline Travel it is the safest place on the planet where people congregate.
“This is due to a combination of 100% compliance with the use of masks, hospital grade HEPA filters and safety policies and procedures endorsed by EASA and ECDC.
“Now that we are in the midst of a second wave of C19 driven entirely by internal factors and government policy failures, we call on Minister Ryan to act now to save travel connections for Christmas and reunite Irish families.
“Minister Ryan also needs to open his own aviation report that has been on his desk for 4 months and implement those recommendations in full, including restoring connectivity to our largest markets and a reimbursement scheme on charges for all airlines for 3 years to attract traffic for S21 to support the 140,000 jobs in aviation and 325,000 jobs in tourism that are directly dependent on the capacity of the airlines. “
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