Ryanair chief: 'Reasonable chance' Cork and Shannon hubs will never reopen

Eddie Wilson said the current crisis "could have been averted".

There is a 'reasonable chance' that Ryanair will never reopen its Cork or Shannon bases, the airline has told an Oireachtas committee on transport. File Picture.

It is questionable whether or not the Ryanair hubs at Cork and Shannon will ever reopen, the airline’s commercial chief has said.

Eddie Wilson, chief executive of Ryanair’s Designated Activity Company, said that there is “a reasonable chance” that the two Munster aviation hubs will not reopen for the airline.