A spokesman for the Department of Transport said Aer Lingus would be able to tap into a fund of about €8.5 million that has been set aside from the proceeds of the travel tax to promote air access.
Does that mean subsidise? If yes, I'm very happy to see this. I always though airline subsidies should have been paid on important international routes as opposed to a route that has negligible benefit to the economy i.e LDY - DUB. (Especially when government officials used private jets when they'd travel anyway!?)
Hopefully, if DUBs runway does go ahead by the end of this decade as Jamie suggests, perhaps well see this "fund" being used to subsidise a route to one of the eastern powerhouses, Beijing, Shanghai or Hong Kong, after all the Irish Government cant depend on America solely for its future!