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SHANNON Airport Authority chairman Brian O’Connell is set to make his first comprehensive public statement on the future of the airport today.

IF Michael O’Leary of Ryanair could make money selling toilet paper on his planes, he would do it, and he has been quite candid about it.

The Commissioner for Aviation Regulation Cathal Guiomard was categorical yesterday in a radio interview that the airlines are responsible for the upkeep of passengers stranded abroad due to flight cancellations. This is the law of the land, he insisted.

RYANAIR has been warned that it must comply with EU regulations and fully compensate passengers affected by the severe disruption to air travel.

RYANAIR will be applying within weeks to the High Court for a judicial review of what it calls the Department of Transport’s order to the aviation regulator to increase passenger prices at Dublin Airport by 40% next year.

PASSENGER charges at Dublin Airport are set to rise by almost 13% next year based on proposed increases announced by the Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR).

Low-fares airline Ryanair axed more routes and jobs at Dublin Airport today, blaming a surge in Government aviation charges.

A TRAVEL operator was accused of living in Disneyland if he believed the state’s aviation regulator would let him fly hundreds of children and their parents to Lapland to meet Santa Claus this month.

ALMOST 1,000 Irish holidaymakers left stranded overseas after the collapse of one of Britain’s largest tour operators will be brought home this week on flights arranged by the Commissioner for Aviation Regulation.

HUNDREDS of Irish holiday-makers have been left stranded overseas after the collapse of one of Britain’s largest tour operators.

Thousands of Irish people have had their holidays cancelled following the collapse of XL Leisure Ireland.

A third travel company has gone bust this summer with up to 500 people set to lose their holidays, it was revealed today.

WITH further delays expected at Dublin Airport this weekend, the Aviation Regulator has been asked to explain why Shannon’s radar back-up system was not used to end the chaos in its sister airport.

RYANAIR could be facing sanctions over its treatment of some Munster fans travelling to the Heineken Cup final in Cardiff on May 24.

THE Commission for Aviation Regulation has warned that a new Galway-based company may be offering unlicensed air services to the public.

THE aviation regulator has dealt the Dublin Airport Authority a severe blow in its efforts to recover the €1.2 billion airport expansion cost, by ruling out a demand for a rise in passenger charges.

Charges for travellers flying from Dublin Airport will remain the same for the next two years, the Aviation Regulator announced today.

FORFÁS, the State training and innovation agency, has said congestion and overcrowding at Dublin Airport are damaging the country’s competitiveness.

THE Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has warned the Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) that a proposed price cap for its air traffic control services could jeopardise the safety of flights using Irish airspace.

PLANS to alleviate the threat of major delays to flights at Dublin Airport this summer could face a legal challenge.

AIRLINES using Dublin Airport are set to face large fines if they do not adhere to proposed changes in how take-offs and landings of flights are operated.

THE Dublin Airport Authority has ruled out selling off more assets to pay for a second passenger terminal.