Letter to the Editor: Domestic Flights could be the answer for Aer Lingus

One reader reminisces about the good old days when one could fly from Cork to Dublin for work in well under an hour

Aer Lingus/Aer Arann suspended their domestic Cork to Dublin flight over a decade ago. Picture: Jason Clarke. 

The Government's Covid-19 travel restrictions are putting severe pressure on Aer Lingus, the country's flag carrier airline.

Irish Airline Pilots’ Association president Evan Cullen warned the Oireachtas special committee on Covid-19 response on Friday that it was not sustainable for the carrier to continue burning €1.5m a day with little revenue being generated.