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Aer Lingus June passenger figures
Fri, Jul 9 2010 5:12 PM

On Wednesday, Aer Lingus published its June traffic figures for 2010. A total of 941,000 passengers were carried for the month, a figure which represents an 8.6% decrease on June 2009. On Short Haul, the total was 849,000, down 7.8% YoY whilst Long Haul stood at 92,000, down 15.6% YoY. Network Load Factor for the month was 82.1%, up 0.8% YoY whilst capacity was... Read More...

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EU Court dismisses Ryanair appeal against hostile takeover bid
Fri, Jul 9 2010 4:54 PM

On Tuesday last, July 6, the European Union General Court in Luxembourg dismissed Ryanair’s appeal to the court against the prohibition of the carrier’s hostile takeover bid for Aer Lingus. The ruling effectively confirms the findings of the EU Commission that such a takeover would remove competition between the two carriers, contrary to the interests... Read More...

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Filed under: Ryanair, Aer Lingus, Michael O'Leary, Colm Barrington

Aer Lingus awards base maintenance contract for A320 aircraft to Dublin Aerospace
Fri, Jul 9 2010 4:39 PM

On Monday last, July 5, Aer Lingus announced that it had awarded a contract for a significant portion of its base maintenance requirements to Dublin Aerospace. The contract covers 12 Airbus A320 aircraft for the winter 2010 / 2011 season and will commence at Dublin Airport on November 1 2010. The remainder of Aer Lingus’ Airbus base maintenance requirements... Read More...

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Filed under: Aer Lingus, Dublin Airport, Dublin Aerospace, Conor McCarthy

Aer Lingus' first female pilot retires
Mon, May 31 2010 7:24 PM

Aer Lingus passed another significant milestone in its long history last week with the retirement of its first female pilot, Capt. Grainne Cronin. Grainne joined Aer Lingus in 1977 and made her first flight on a B737 aircraft the following year. Reflecting on the time she joined the company she said last week that "It wasn't easy, I have to say, entering... Read More...

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Aer Lingus Q1 performance brings signs of hope for recovery
Mon, May 10 2010 2:14 PM

Aer Lingus issued an interim management statement on Tuesday last May 4 which covers the trading period of Q1 2010. The results show cause for optimism at the carrier with yields increasing and losses greatly reduced YoY : Total revenue for the period fell 1.8% YoY to €230m. short haul revenue grew 2.6% to €137.1m. In his comments, Aer Lingus Chief... Read More...

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Filed under: Aer Lingus, Christoph Mueller

Aer Lingus April figures show impact of volcanic disruption
Mon, May 10 2010 1:48 PM

Aer Lingus announced its passenger figures for April 2001. As to be expected the Icelandic volcanic eruptions have impacted on the carriers performance for last month. In total, Aer Lingus was unable to complete its planned operations on 7 of the 30 days. In total, 689,000 passengers were carried, a 27.1% compared to April 2009. Short haul numbers were 626,000... Read More...

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Etihad to invest €1m in T2 lounge
Fri, Apr 30 2010 8:01 PM

A report in today’s Irish Times newspaper reports that Etihad airways is to invest €1m in a departures lounge which will be located in Dublin Airport’s T2 which is due to open for business towards the end of this year. The report also indicates that the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) and Aer Lingus are still playing cat and mouse over the latter’s... Read More...

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Filed under: Aer Lingus, DAA, Etihad Airways

Trevor Jensen appointed COO at Aer Lingus
Fri, Apr 30 2010 7:29 PM

Aer Lingus has announced the appointment of Trevor Jensen as Chief Operating Officer at the airline, effective June 1 2010. Mr Jensen, an Australian national commenced his career with Qantas where he spent over 25 years, firstly as a pilot and latterly in the position of General Manager of Operations. In addition he has held the position of Chief Operating Officer... Read More...

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Aer Lingus Interim Management Statement
Tue, Apr 27 2010 3:48 PM

Aer Lingus has announced that it is to issue an interim management statement (IMS) on Tuesday next May 4, 2010 at 07.00 am. Read More...

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Shannon reopens for arrivals and departures but confusion reigns
Tue, Apr 20 2010 8:17 PM

Irish airspace finally reopened to landing aircraft this afternoon when Shannon Airport commenced accepting landing aircraft for the first time since last Friday, April 16. The first aircraft movement was that of Bravoair LLC’s Raytheon Premier N133B which departed shortly after the airport reopened. The aircraft had originally been en route Iceland to... Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Aer Lingus, Airbus A320, Boeing 747-200, CAL Cargo, Southern Air

Aer Lingus confirms volcano chaos causing daily losses of €4m to €5m
Tue, Apr 20 2010 8:35 AM

Aer Lingus issued a statement to the Irish stock exchange this morning in which it confirmed that the airline is currently losing between €4m and €5m each day as a result of the disruption to travel caused by the Icelandic volcano eruption. In total the company has lost between €15m and €20m since Thursday last week when aircraft were grounded... Read More...

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EI-ELA enters service with Aer Lingus
Tue, Apr 13 2010 12:10 AM

Aer Lingus Airbus A330-301 registered EI-ELA (msn 1106) entered service a day late on Monday April 12. The aircraft had been due to enter service Sunday but was delayed by a glitch with the aircraft’s In Flight Entertainment system. This morning the aircraft operated the Shannon – Dublin – Boston service, departing Shannon as EIN 2137 and Dublin... Read More...

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Filed under: Aer Lingus, Airbus A330, Dublin Airport

Aer Lingus March 2010 passenger figures
Thu, Apr 8 2010 4:31 PM

Aer Lingus today published its traffic figures for March 2010. For the month of March 20910 the airline carried a total of 782,000 passengers which represents a 6.3% YoY decrease. On short haul the number was 713,000, down 4.7% YoY and on long haul the number was 69,000, down 20.7% YoY. Network Load Factor was 75.9%, up 0.3% YoY against an 11.3% YoY reduction... Read More...

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EI-ELA delivered to Aer Lingus
Wed, Apr 7 2010 8:31 PM

Aer Lingus has taken delivery of its latest aircraft, Airbus A330-302, msn 1106. The aircraft is registered EI-ELA and named "Padraig". Pictured above EI-ELA is seen arriving in Shannon, where it landed at 19:05 utc as EIN 2509 on its delivery flight from Toulouse. The aircraft is due to enter service on Sunday next. The hex code for EI-ELA is 4CA842... Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Aer Lingus, Airbus A330

DAA introduces Airside Safety Award
Wed, Apr 7 2010 5:49 PM

The Dublin Airport Airside Safety Department has presented a Safety Certificate Award to two airport employees, the first time any such award has been presented. John Barrett, a Texaco aircraft fuelling operative and Harry Wall, an Aer Lingus Line Engineer, were awarded the certificates in recognition of their speedy actions recently when they put out a vehicle... Read More...

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Filed under: Aer Lingus, DAA, Safety, Texaco