Pat Byrne, CityJet: Aviation sector 'still being short-changed'

The notion we should cocoon the whole island, in the context of international connectivity, is a nonsense propagated by those who believe the Covid virus can be eradicated says airline boss 

The Government is neglecting aviation, according to CityJet boss Pat Byrne.

I believe the budget has left Ireland’s aviation industry short-changed – and provided little hope for the 140,000 people who work, or had been employed, in what has been one of the country’s great success stories.

The Government had an opportunity to send out a clear signal to the aviation sector that we are on your side. Instead, we received little or nothing of any note and we are left, once again, to question when will we be given a meaningful signal from Government that aviation and travel, both business and leisure, are being placed at the forefront of national recovery.