Tag: Ireland

Aer Lingus to provide ground handling for IAG carriers at Dublin Airport

Aer Lingus to provide ground handling for IAG carriers at Dublin Airport

Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus has been awarded a contract to provide ground handling services for IAG carriers at Dublin Airport. Under the agreement, IAG-owned carriers British Airways, Iberia Express and Vueling will have their aircraft served by Aer Lingus at DUB starting June this year. Th...

Loganair expands Glasgow-Donegal summer route schedule

Loganair expands Glasgow-Donegal summer route schedule

Scottish regional airline Loganair will introduce an enhanced schedule of services between Glasgow and Donegal, delivering year-round flights and its "biggest-ever" summer programme. Loganair's summer schedule will commence from 19 May with three weekly flights, rising to four between 6 May and 1...

Ryanair boss takes aim at Irish transport minister in scathing letter

Ryanair boss takes aim at Irish transport minister in scathing letter

Ryanair CEO, Michael O'Leary, has accused the Irish transport minister of failing to "take any action to advance the goals" of the government's National Aviation Policy. The airline boss called on Eamon Ryan, who has served as transport minister since June 2020, to "resign and let someone compete...

Ryanair finds ‘fake’ engine parts in two aircraft

Ryanair has become the latest airline to be caught up in an international scandal after "fake" parts were found in two of its Boeing 737-800 aircraft during maintenance inspections in Texas and Brazil. Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair, claimed the parts came from the British supplier AOG Technics, w...

Avia Solutions Group has become Irish-based company

Avia Solutions Group, the leading aviation business group, has become an Irish-based company. Following the transfer of its controlling headquarters to Ireland, Dublin, the group also became the second largest Irish-registered aviation business behind aviation giant Ryanair. "Moving the company's...

Aer Lingus announces new route from Heathrow to Knock

Aer Lingus is to launch a new route from Heathrow to Knock in the West of Ireland in March. The new daily Aer Lingus service will start on 26 March 2023 and boost links to the West of Ireland, helping enhance the local economy and domestic tourism. It replaces the current Aer Lingus Gatwick to...

Etihad Airways celebrates 15 years flying to Ireland

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, is celebrating 15 years since it first launched flights to Ireland, connecting the country with Abu Dhabi and onwards to destinations worldwide. Etihad launched daily flights between the UAE capital Abu Dhabi and Dublin, Ireland on 2 July 2007. ...

Ryanair opens first heavy maintenance facility in Ireland at Shannon Airport

Ryanair has today (18 May) opened its first aircraft heavy maintenance facility in Ireland at Shannon Airport, delivering an investment of €10 million and creating 200 high-skill jobs in the locality, including licensed engineers, mechanics, and support staff. Ryanair will invest €10 million ...

€16m in capital funding announced for Ireland’s regional airports

€16m in capital funding announced for Ireland’s regional airports

By Connell McHugh, irishpost MINISTER OF State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton T.D. has today announced the allocation of almost €16.4 million in Exchequer funding to regional airports under the Regional Airports Programme 2021-2025. Almost €6.6 million ha...

AerAdvise Group debuts landmark European headquarters beside Dublin International Airport Ireland

AerAdvise Group Debuts Landmark European Headquarters beside Dublin International Airport Ireland. The new AerAdvise European Headquarters are located at the 2nd Floor, No.1 Northwood Avenue, Dublin, Ireland. AerAdvise Group CEO Patrick Toner commented: "The decision to relocate comes as pa...

Norwegian Releases Summer 2022 Schedule

Norwegian will continue to increase flights between the UK and Ireland to destinations across Scandinavia as the airline releases the summer 2022 flying programme. All flights are now available to book offering a wide range of destinations from London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Dublin. In tota...

Ryanair To Cut 1,000 Ireland-UK Flights In Aug And Sept

Ryanair To Cut 1,000 Ireland-UK Flights In Aug And Sept

Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, today (Tue, 14 July) announced that it would cut its Ireland-UK schedules for the months of August and September by up to 1,000 flights, with the loss of over 200,000 passengers, as Ireland maintains a defective quarantine restriction on EU visitors even as the U...

SSP to bring the best of downtown Ireland to Dublin Airport

SSP Group, a leading operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations worldwide, has secured a new 10-year contract at Dublin Airport by bringing the best of Ireland’s local food scene to the airport. The deal will see SSP trade 24 units at the airport, and once the investment progra...

Norwegian wins at the Airline Economics Aviation 100 Awards

Norwegian received two coveted accolades at The Aviation 100 Awards held in Dublin, Ireland on Monday 20th January. The Aviation 100 awards ceremony celebrates the years’ most outstanding performers in the aerospace industry. The top ten rankings for each category are based primarily on an indust...

Ryanair names new head as Michael O’Leary moves to group-level role

Ryanair names new head as Michael O’Leary moves to group-level role

Low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair has continued to reorganise its senior management team as Eddie Wilson has replaced Michael O’Leary as chief executive of the main airline. This comes after the Irish LCC reorganised itself as a holding group company comprising of several airlines - Ryanair, its ...

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