IAG — the owner of Aer Lingus, British Airways, and Iberia — is interested in the London Gatwick slots of failed airline Monarch after it collapsed last week, IAG chief executive Willie Walsh said, adding that the reduction of capacity was good for the industry.

A transatlantic jet diverted to Shannon Airport this afternoon after a passenger suffered a suspected heart attack.

The first transatlantic flights from Cork Airport could take off before the end of the year with talks on flight operations and ticket sales poised to take place soon.

Aer Lingus has made it onto a list of the top 10 European carriers based on passenger reviews.

Some 113,000 Lufthansa passengers are facing domestic and international cancellations due to all-day walkouts at three German airports staged by a cabin crew union protesting against cost cuts.

A German court has today issued an injunction ordering a halt to a strike by pilots at Lufthansa, the country’s biggest airline.

Lufthansa pilots began the first of two days of strike action yesterday in a long-running dispute over early retirement benefits and cost-cutting plans which shows no sign of ending.

Pilots at German airline Lufthansa have extended their two-day strike to long-haul flights in an ongoing dispute over retirement benefits.

Air France and Germany’s two largest airlines have cancelled more flights to Tel Aviv because of continuing safety concerns amid the fighting between Israel and Hamas.

EMIRATES Airlines has entered the Irish market promising to be a major employer and boost to the local tourism industry in the coming years.

THE airline at the centre of an air rage incident which forced a transatlantic jet to divert to Shannon airport is to sue a librarian who caused the disturbance.

THREE male passengers had to restrain a librarian on and off over one and a half hours during the course of an air rage incident on board a transatlantic flight at the weekend, a court heard yesterday.

Gardaí in Clare have arrested a man following an air rage incident in which passengers held a man on the floor of a plane until the flight landed.

Two ferries evacuating some 4,500 Chinese nationals from Libya are heading for the island of Crete, authorities say.

The aviation industry today condemned European transport officials, claiming there has been “no co-ordination and no leadership” in the crisis that has shut down most European airports for a fifth day.

ABBEY Travel has released the latest selection of high-quality holidays to Dubai and Oman, with an additional destination to Abu Dhabi. That’s not surprising since the relatively recent start-up of flights from Dublin with Etihad to Abu Dhabi and beyond.

GROWING lines of irritated travellers snaked through US airports yesterday as people waited hours to reach security checkpoints, then had to dump their water bottles, suntan lotion and even toothpaste following the discovery of a terror plot in Britain.

The EU today hailed the success of the British authorities in disrupting a “major terrorist plot” aimed at blowing up several civilian airliners.

Airlines across Europe cancelled flights bound for Heathrow Airport today, while some airports offered to take on diverted traffic after British authorities said they had thwarted a terror attack aimed at aircraft flying from Britain to the US

An Austrian Airlines jet landed safely in Stockholm today after problems with landing gear doors, an aviation authority spokesman said.

JOE WALSH TOURS is offering return flights with Malaysia Airlines to Auckland, out of Ireland, from E729 plus taxes, in a deal that includes a free stopover in Kuala Lumpur, Penang or Lankawi.

Austrian Airlines is once again providing direct capacity from Dublin to Vienna in its 2005 summer schedule, with up to six flights per week to its hub.

Shannon Aerospace has been chosen as the maintenance provider to implement Austrian Airlines new rebranding programme.

PROFITS at an aircraft leasing firm owned by the businessman Denis O’Brien more than halved in 2003, according to accounts just filed at the Companies Registration Office.

The Chief Executive Board of Star Alliance today unanimously approved the application of US Airways to join the world’s largest airline alliance.

In the latest move to improve safety in the skies, US airline, United, today became the first major carrier to announce plans to install stun guns in the cockpits of all its planes.

Austrian Airlines is to cut 930 jobs in a bid to cut costs.