Chief executive Willie Walsh has said his IAG board heard a strong case this week from Aer Lingus bosses for further expansion out of Ireland across the Atlantic.

Shares in IAG, the British Airways and Aer Lingus owner, fell sharply at one stage after the airline group gave details of a huge cyber attack that exposed the banking details of 380,000 British Airways customers to hackers.

Aer Lingus owner International Airlines Group (IAG) has warned that strikes in France are posing a challenge to its operations.

A number of airlines have submitted complaints to the European Commission against France as its air traffic controllers' (ATC) strikes continue.

The boss of Aer Lingus owner IAG has said the company will not become embroiled in a bidding war for Norwegian Air, following two reported rejected bids.

Norwegian Air could be sold to IAG or another bidder if the price is right, but offers made so far have been too low, according to the budget carrier’s top office holders.

Low-cost airline Norwegian has received further expressions of interest after British Airways owner IAG acquired a 4.6% stake.

Potential plans by Aer Lingus-owner IAG to gobble up Norwegian Air Shuttle is bad news for Ireland’s consumers less than three years after the Government sold its 25% stake in the Irish airline, the Consumers’ Association of Ireland has said.

Aer Lingus and British Airways owner International Airlines Group (IAG) has confirmed that it is exploring a potential acquisition of low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle.

Aer Lingus owner IAG has declined to say if the decision of Airbus to suspend delivery of some of its highly-touted A320 Neo aircraft will affect the Irish airline’s plans.

British Airways owner IAG is reportedly in negotiations to take over Austrian airline Niki as the final assets of collapsed Air Berlin are sold off.

IAG — which owns Aer Lingus and British Airways —chose Paris as a second base for its discount airline Level, which will offer transatlantic flights to destinations like New York and the Caribbean as carriers compete to lower prices on longer routes.

The chief executive of the International Airlines Group (IAG), Willie Walsh, has said there is no shortage of pilots in the airline industry, confirming that Aer Lingus has recently received 3,000 applications for 100 pilot jobs.

Despite the outrage British Airways faced when its yet to be explained computer meltdown ruined the plans of thousands of travellers stranded at airports for a UK bank holiday, the shares of its IAG owner have barely flickered.

Aer Lingus saw a near 27% increase in passenger numbers last month, starting the second quarter of the year strongly after parent group IAG reported solid earnings for the first three months.

Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker said he is happy with the level of the company’s 15% stake in Aer Lingus and British Airways owner IAG and will not seek a seat on the company board.

Qatar Airways has raised its stake in IAG — which owns British Airways, Aer Lingus, Iberia, and Vueling — close to 12%, strengthening ties built around the access that BA provides to North America, via London, and the Gulf carrier’s network of Asian routes.

The head of the owner of British Airways has said he admires his fierce Ryanair rival Michael O’Leary.

IAG, the company which owns Aer Lingus and British Airways, saw a 9.3% increase in the number of passengers carried in December when compared with 2014.

New Aer Lingus owner IAG is to boost its airlines’ fleets as it moves to challenge the European dominance of Ryanair and EasyJet.

Aer Lingus generated operating profits of €45m in its first month under new ownership and contributed €262m in revenues to new owner, IAG, in that time.

Financial results from IAG show that Aer Lingus made an operating profit of €45m since it joined the airline group in August.

Aer Lingus has officially accepted a take over offer from IAG.

All three airlines currently in the IAG group contributed to a huge surge in its profits in the first half of the year as the Willie Walsh-led company moved closer towards finalising its newest addition.

The Government has formally accepted the IAG offer for its share in Aer Lingus after the airline’s shareholders backed guarantees around continued connectivity with Heathrow.

The Minister for Transport Paschal Donohoe has said the Government is to formally accept IAG's offer for Aer Lingus.

Aer Lingus shareholders have voted in favour of four resolutions which approve IAG's takeover bid.

IAG's take over bid of Aer Lingus looks set to be approved by shareholders today.

The European Commission has approved the International Airline Group’s proposed acquisition of Aer Lingus.

The European Commission has approved the International Airline Group’s proposed acquisition of Aer Lingus.

The Transport Minister says he believes an EU decision on IAG's takeover bid for Aer Lingus is 'imminent'.

Ryanair has accepted the IAG offer for its share in Aer Lingus.

IAG is understood to have offered to connect passengers from Ireland with rivals’ long-haul flights from London to allay EU competition concerns over its bid for Aer Lingus.

Aer Lingus shareholders effectively have 60 days as of yesterday to accept the airline’s proposed sale to British Airways owner IAG before a deal lapses.

Aer Lingus shareholders are considering a €1.4bn offer for the airline from IAG, after the full details of the bid were published this morning.

Virgin Atlantic will try to frustrate and delay clearance of the takeover by Willie Walsh’s IAG of Aer Lingus, but will likely land short of persuading the Brussels’ competition regulators to shoot down the deal altogether, analysts say.