Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority is stepping up efforts to ensure that airlines and aerospace companies can carry on functioning in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Some of Michael O’Leary’s old swagger is back, writes Eamon Quinn.

Ryanair has pledged to make it easier for passengers to claim compensation when flights are delayed or cancelled.

Update - 10.35am: Around 860,000 customers are affected by Monarch Airlines going into administration, the UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said.

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Ryanair has agreed to give the Commission for Aviation Regulation weekly updates on the number of passengers out of Ireland who are entitled to compensation and expenses as well as the numbers of claims submitted and claims closed out.

Ryanair has until 5pm today to sort out compensation for hundreds of thousands of travellers hit by mass flight cancellations or face possible action by the UK's aviation regulator.

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Ryanair has been ordered by the UK's aviation regulator to sort out compensation for hundreds of thousands of travellers hit by mass flight cancellations by 5pm on Friday.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which oversees and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the UK, is launching "enforcement action" against Ryanair for failing to give customers accurate information about their rights following a wave of flight cancellations.

Disabled passengers arriving at Heathrow Airport are being forced to wait up to two hours for assistance disembarking aircraft, the aviation regulator said.

The health watchdog is considering cancelling the registration of a home run by the Cork Association for Autism (CAA) because of concerns regarding the quality and safety of the service.

There have been 31 reports of laser beams deliberately pointed at aircraft in Irish airspace so far this year.

Domino’s Pizza in New Zealand is hoping to start delivering pizzas via drone.

Amazon has joined with the British government on a new programme that will explore the safe use of drones for home deliveries.

A British Airways flight was struck by what is believed to be a drone as it came in to land at Heathrow Airport, police said.

The UK’s aviation regulator is taking legal action against Ryanair in a bid to ensure it changes its policy on paying flight delay compensation.

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A father and his young son cheated death in the Shoreham air disaster only because wedding limousine driver Maurice Abrahams let their car go ahead of his.

A man has failed to appear in court over allegations that he flew a drone over packed football grounds and operated an unregistered aircraft.

The Government has refused to give any lifeline of exchequer funding to Cork Airport and said it is up to airport management and DAA to reverse plummeting passenger numbers.

An independent inquiry will be established following an unprecedented systems failure at the UK’s national air traffic control centre, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said.

A special concert will be held in Cork this week to raise funds for autism supports and services.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Well, if you were in Edinburgh Zoo in late July it was very unlikely to be the second one – because air traffic control put a no-fly zone in place to help the animals to get it on.

A captain lost control of a passenger plane after his artificial arm became detached as he was coming in to land, an accident report has said.

* Ballyseedy Home and Gardens will host an ‘Open Garden Day’ on July 12 from 10am to 4pm at the gardens of Noel O’Keeffe, Silverstone, The Rock, Carrigtwohill.

Air passengers will be hit by a decision today to alter what airlines can be charged for using one of the UK’s busiest airports, according to low-cost airline Ryanair.

Heavy rain and gales of more than 100mph returned to Britain overnight - just days after the last storm caused Christmas misery for tens of thousands of people.

Gatwick Airport chiefs face a possible investigation over the Christmas travel misery as more stormy weather is set to hit the UK.

Cork Airport has strengthened its management team ahead of its launch as a “standalone business unit” in the coming weeks.

Police have used a remotely controlled drone as part of an operation to defuse a small bomb in north Belfast.

MEPs have voted against new European rules for flying hours in a move welcomed by pilots who claimed the new regulations threatened flight safety .

Both pilots on an Airbus passenger plane were asleep at the same time with the UK-operated aircraft flying on autopilot.

Both pilots on a Airbus passenger plane were asleep at the same time with the UK-operated aircraft flying on autopilot.

The bodies of three of the four oil workers who died when a helicopter plunged into the North Sea have been brought back to the mainland.

Relatives of an Irish tourist killed in an aircraft accident in New Zealand have joined others in writing to the country’s prime minister to urge him to bring in stronger safety enforcement.

Aviation regulators will tomorrow provide the first indication of how much airlines will be charged for using London’s three main airports over the period 2014-19.

Just weeks after the greening of our Cork landmarks, the city is set to turn blue.

Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo said today that a plane crash in the eastern city of Goma killed seven people and injured three.

Ryanair has said it will cut its flights from Stansted Airport by 9% over the next year.

Passengers using Heathrow face a rise in ticket prices under £3bn (€3.5bn) investment plans proposed today by bosses of the west London airport.

An eerie silence hung over the scene of the London helicopter crash where mangled metal and the remains of a burnt-out car told of the horrors which unfolded in central London today.

The company formerly known as BAA is being forced to sell Stansted airport in Essex, England.