Ireland has a world beating aviation sector which has been built up over decades. The innovation and hard work of our aviation community has left us with industry-leading airlines, first class airports and a dominant aircraft leasing industry.

Irish aviation contributes and supports:

• 143,000 jobs

• €17 Billion or 6.8% of Ireland’s GDP

• Connectivity which enables our island economy and society to flourish.

Aviation will be vital to our economic recovery.

As a result of the Covid pandemic many measures have been brought in to protect our citizens. Some of these have had a devastating effect on the aviation sector. As the vaccination program is rolled out and we finally emerge from the awful effects of this pandemic it should be possible to devise a carefully phased plan for a better future.

Entry to each phase would be predicated on pre-determined public health triggers or milestones.

However, unlike in other countries, Irish aviation has been given no roadmap and no plan for recovery.