Oireachtas transport committee to meet over aviation crisis

The committee is to meet after Ryanair's decision to close its bases at Cork Airport and Shannon. Picture: Larry Cummins

The Oireachtas transport committee is to hold public hearings in just over a week to discuss the crisis in the aviation industry.

Representatives of the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet), Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa), Ryanair, Aer Lingus, the DAA, including Cork Airport, and the Shannon Group, will be invited to the meetings during the week starting on Monday, October 26.