Last year, Aer Lingus borrowed €150m from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), with an open mind over borrowing more

Older consumers have shown the highest uptake in airline bookings taking the opportunity to make up for lost time during the pandemic.

Reports emerged from the US about the new technology potentially affecting airline equipment, with Dubai-based Emirates cancelling flights to several US cities

Two properties are being redeveloped at the airport's free zone commercial park

'Airlines are forced to fly with planes almost empty, just to secure their slots'

Continent's household energy crisis may not be easing any time soon

While it felt important to secure the airline industry and associated jobs with huge financial support in the middle of the pandemic, Maeve Higgins feels we missed an opportunity to link environmental change from the industry as terms for the bailout. 

Australia's national airline is the latest to join the pandemic-inspired race for efficient medium-haul jets

Imposing a passenger tax or charging Vat on flights, as other countries do, would be costly to the airlines and the economy

Fears the golden era of liberating cheap air travel is coming to a close

EasyJet has been held back by a slower reopening of UK travel amid constantly changing travel curbs, even as rivals Ryanair and Wizz Air rapidly added on capacity

The UK’s ever-changing travel rules meant that destinations were suddenly on the no-go list at short notice

Airlines in North America are forecast to return to profit as early as next year.

German aviation giant has already stepped up the frequency of its flights and boosted domestic capacity by 30%

Michael O'Leary said his "Plan B" was to wait for Max prices to fall rather than turn to Airbus

Airline shares fell sharply on fears of fresh travel restrictions due to the continued spread of the Delta variant, plus the traditional back-to-school period threatening to dent family holiday bookings and wider demand.

Airport sees busiest month since March last year before the pandemic era began

Ryanair said it welcomed any progress to the UK government’s 'shambolic' travel policies, but said the pending move was not enough when the majority of the UK and the EU’s adult population was now fully vaccinated

'The bet we’re making today is not about business travel returning — business travel is going to return. The bet we’re making today is that customers care about the product'

Aviation has been savaged by Covid-19, but public wellbeing should take priority over one group of airline workers

Total financial losses across Irish airlines Ryanair and Aer Lingus and British carrier EasyJet have now topped €3. 6bn since the start of the Covid crisis, which has decimated the international travel market over the last 14 months.

Aer Lingus' decision about its bases at Cork Airport and Shannon has made it imperative for the Government to lay out a coherent national plan to restart our aviation industry.

A top European Union court has annulled the EU’s approval of 3. 4 billion euros (£2. 9 billion) in state aid for the Dutch airline KLM but suspended its immediate application because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the industry.

Willie Walsh, the head of global airline industry body IATA has hit out at the high cost of Covid-19 testing, accusing providers of profiteering from travel

Airlines have been amongst the worst impacted sectors as the global pandemic saw a massive reduction in travel

Rising concerns over third Covid-19 wave and fears the UK plans to remove travel restrictions threaten a second lost summer of trade for carriers.

Air carriers have fulfilled their obligation to refund the passenger once a voucher has been accepted

Unprecedented number of aircraft grounded as coronavirus lockdowns blocked air travel has created a spike in the number of reported problems as airlines return them to service

Unprecedented number of aircraft grounded as coronavirus lockdowns blocked air travel has created a spike in the number of reported problems as airlines return them to service

Airline has been negotiating to expand its order as part of discussions with Boeing over compensation for delays caused by the grounding of the aircraft

The airline shares which were trading at under €15.40 each in early November have since climbed to just under €17.40. 

Airlines tipped to see healthy jumps in passenger booking activity on the back of the recent positive news regarding Covid vaccine breakthroughs.

Eurocontrol, the central organisation for coordination and planning of air traffic control for all of Europe, says the timing of a Covid-19 vaccine is key to determining when the aviation sector recovers. 

It is “not possible” to predict what travel arrangements will be in place by Christmas or if people will be able to fly home from countries with high Covid-19 infection rates, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) has said.

Only the Kerry to Dublin flights will remain

'We need to work together on a testing pilot so flights can start between London and New York,' says former Aer Lingus CEO

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Airlines will follow the money and base themselves in Cork and Shannon if incentivised to do so, it is claimed.

Travel agents have spent much of the last six months trying to get refunds from airlines

Airline stocks continued to rally despite Easyjet reporting a maiden annual loss of nearly €1bn and effectively giving up on any recovery until at least the second quarter of next year.

A resurgence in cases across Europe has resulted in renewed travel restrictions

International Air Transport Association said that nearly five million aviation jobs are in danger

Ryanair says Cork and Shannon base closures expected to go ahead, says government travel policies "devastated" consumer confidence

The boss of IAG-owned British Airways has said the airline is fighting for its survival and has scratched any hopes of a quick return to normality for the wider air travel industry.