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Passenger charges set to rise at Dublin Airport
09 November 2009 22:26
The Minister for Tranpsort, Noel Dempsey has written to the Aviation Regulator Cathal Guiomard, directing that the passenger handling fee for Dublin Airport be set in such a manner as will allow the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) recoup the capital investment program which includes the construction of T2. Dublin's T2 is due to open for passengers in November... Read More...
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Aer Lingus issues Interim Management Statement
09 November 2009 19:20
Aer Lingus issued an interim management statement today covering the company's Q3 performance from July 1 to September 30 last. The following are the main points outlined in the briefing, all figures expressed as year on year : Revenue fell 9.7% for the Quarter Network passenger numbers grew 7% to 3.08m Short haul passenger numbers grew 10% against a capacity... Read More...
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Aer Lingus passenger numbers for October
06 November 2009 14:42
Aer Lingus today published its October passenger numbers . A total of 902,000 passengers were carried for the month, a YoY decrease of 0.2%, broken down as follows : Short haul : 821,000 +3.3% YoY Long haul : 81,000 -25.7% YoY Network load factor was 74.6%, which represents a 1.3% YoY increase with capacity falling 10.4% YoY, broken down as : Short haul 77.0... Read More...
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No travel tax exemption for Shannon
05 November 2009 00:34
Opposition party Fine Gael's Deputy Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Pat Breen T.D. tabled a question in Dail Eireann (Parliament) this week asking Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan to exempt airlines using Shannon Airport from the €10 travel tax for a period of two years following the breakdown in discussions last week between the Shannon Airport Authority... Read More...
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Aer Lingus punctuality figures for October
05 November 2009 00:30
Aer lingus has published its punctuality figures for October. 87% of flights departed on time, compared to 78% for the same month last year. 98% departed within 60 minutes of scheduled, compared to 97% in October last year. Read More...
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AEA gets its facts wrong in attack on IAA
04 November 2009 23:39
The Brussels based Association of European Airlines, of which Aer Lingus is a member, today launched attacks on the Irish government and the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) both of whom it claimed were determined to make Ireland a no fly zone. The association claimed that the government's €10 travel tax had contributed to the 15% drop in passenger numbers... Read More...
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Aer Lingus to add fourth Belfast - Heathrow flight
03 November 2009 21:40
From March of next year Aer Lingus will add a fourth daily service on the Belfast International (Aldergrove) - London Heathrow route. In late summer the company announced that it was removing one of it's aircraft from it's Belfast base for the winter period and suspending flights to Paris, Faro, Barcelona, Rome and Milan. Today's announcement by Aer... Read More...
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Commission for Aviation Regulation issues H1 report on APR
30 October 2009 18:25
Ireland's Commission for Aviation Regulation today issued its report on Air Passenger Rights complaints for the first half of 2009. Under EU law each member state is required to investigate complaints received under the remit of EC Regulation 261/2004 which sets out common rules on compensation for passengers who suffer cancelled or long-delayed flights or... Read More...
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Aer Lingus needs to look at merger - Willie Walsh
21 October 2009 08:44
Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways feels that Aer Lingus may need to surrender its independence in order to secures its future. Mr. Walsh was speaking on Tuesday October 20 at the Jim Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick. Given the way that the Irish economy has suffered in recent times and given the way that the airline has performed... Read More...
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Minister Dempsey says Aer Lingus cannot survive without cuts
19 October 2009 19:51
Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey, speaking on national broadcaster RTE Radio 1's Sunday new program "This Week", said yesterday that unless Aer Lingus achieves its target savings of €100m "we will not be talking about Aer Lingus in a few years time". Mr. Demsey said that the choice facing the airline "was stark" at this time... Read More...
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UK-Ireland passenger numbers for September
18 October 2009 06:54
The UK CAA has published traffic figures for September 2009. Dublin-London Dublin's Gatwick traffic which is split between Ryanair and Aer Lingus showed a 6% YoY growth at 90,203. Heathrow and Stansted both showed negative trends with LHR down 14% again this month to 127,947 passengers and Stansted (a Ryanair preserve) down 18% to 62,813. Luton was down 2... Read More...
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