Airport pay could be restored
by Hazel Gavigan
 
Daa said its expectation that pay could be restored was based on an assumption that international travel will resume to acceptable levels early next year.
Daa said its expectation that pay could be restored was based on an assumption that international travel will resume to acceptable levels early next year.

Cork and Dublin airport workers could have their pay fully restored from next March if a Covid-19 vaccine helps revive air travel in 2021. This, despite new figures showing that the two airports predict a near 90% slump in Christmas passengers, as pandemic restrictions hit the festive travel season.

 

This follows health minister Stephen Donnelly’s announcement that roll-out of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine could start before the end of this year if it’s authorised at a European Medicines Agency meeting this month.

 

Most staff at Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), the State company responsible for managing Cork and Dublin airports, are currently on 80% of normal pay. Others – working in areas where changed work practices have not been agreed – are at 60%.

 

DAA said its expectation that pay could be restored was based on an assumption that international travel will resume to acceptable levels early next year. However, its chief executive warned staff that it may review the decision if the situation doesn’t improve.

 

The company also says that pay restoration is dependent on full acceptance of agreed changes to working practices.

 

DAA figures show that 23.5 million fewer people travelled through Dublin airport in the first 11 months of this year, compared with the same period in 2019.

 

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