A Canadian airline is to start low-fare transatlantic crossings to Dublin with prices for return flights starting at just over €300.

Northern Ireland duo Keith Gillespie and George McCartney have been fined by the IFA following an incident on last week’s return flight from Iceland.

NORTHERN IRELAND winger Keith Gillespie has apologised for being involved in a punch-up with a team-mate on a flight home from Iceland.

Northern Ireland winger Keith Gillespie has apologised for being involved in a punch-up with a team-mate on a flight home from Iceland.

Irish Football Association president Raymond Kennedy is looking into the incident between Keith Gillespie and George McCartney as a matter of urgency.

The Irish Football Association are investigating an incident between two players as the Northern Ireland squad was about to fly home from Reykjavik this morning.

EasyJet revealed today that it carried 13.7% more passengers last month than a year ago but added that its planes were less full.

Budget airline easyJet today loosened the controls on how many of its shares can be owned by overseas investors.

Icelandic investors have upped their stake in easyJet within 48 hours of buying the fourth-largest budget airline in Europe, it emerged today.

The FTSE 100 Index ended the day on a negative note today after failing to maintain the three-and-a-half year highs reached earlier in the week.

British Airways shares lost more than 1% of their value today after the airline cancelled flights in the wake of wildcat strikes at Heathrow.

Takeover speculation responsible for sending easyJet shares to an 18-month high was played down today by the airline boss at the centre of London market interest.

The threat to investor confidence from rising oil prices was exposed today as the London market racked up heavy losses for a second session in a row.

The value of London’s 100 leading stocks fell further today after the weak dollar and a pick-up in the price of oil dealt a double blow to investors.

EasyJet founder and chairman Stelios Haji-Ioannou today ruled out selling his stake in the airline to Icelandair or taking it private.

Takeover speculation outside the top flight helped to set the pulses of investors racing on an otherwise dour day for the FTSE 100 Index.

Shares in budget airline easyJet soared 20% today on the back of rumours that an Icelandic carrier was mulling a takeover bid.

THE budget air carrier which collapsed after only a week in business had no landing slots at Dublin airport for the bulk of flights it was selling.

All passengers stranded abroad after the Irish tour operator JetGreen stopped trading will be flown home, it was confirmed today.