Etihad Airways has signalled it would be willing to sell its stake in Aer Lingus if the Government backs the offer made by International Airlines Group (IAG) for the Dublin-based carrier.

There is agreement at senior Government level that a stronger bid for Aer Lingus can be sold to workers and TDs on the ground if better terms and guarantees are offered by aviation giant IAG. 

Impact — the largest trade union at Aer Lingus — has said the airline’s annual results prove it can exist as a strong independent business, and does not need to be taken over to remain a relevant player.

Timing is everything for Willy Walsh. Recent opinion has suggested that Willy Walsh’s otherwise excellent proposition is a victim of timing, namely the upcoming election.

Aer Lingus has announced that its new chief executive will be a senior manager with 26 years’ service with the airline.

Tánaiste Joan Burton has warned that protecting Ireland's air links with Europe and the US is of vital importance if a deal to sell Aer Lingus to International Airlines Group (IAG) is to go through.

The owner of British Airways has made a fresh attempt to buy Aer Lingus, it has been reported.

A fresh attempt by the owner of British Airways to buy Aer Lingus has been rejected by the board of the Dublin-based carrier, it emerged last night.

It has emerged that Aer Lingus CEO Christoph Mueller will leave the airline next month.

The owner of British Airways has made an approach to buy Dublin-based carrier Aer Lingus, it was revealed today.

The man credited with reviving Aer Lingus has been picked to head the successor company to Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS), which is being taken private after being hit by two separate air disasters.

Malaysia Airlines has chosen Aer Lingus boss Christoph Mueller to be its chief executive-designate.

Aer Lingus has had its most profitable quarter since the financial crisis, reporting an operating profit of just under €113m euro for the three months to the end of September, up 19% on the same time last year.

Aer Lingus has reported a fall in losses for the first half of the year.

Aer Lingus chief executive Christoph Mueller is to leave the company in May of next year.

Around 200 flights have been disrupted by an Aer Lingus cabin crew strike at the start of the bank holiday weekend.

Aer Lingus shareholders have voted narrowly to go ahead with a €700,000 increase to the pay and pension package of its chief executive Christoph Mueller.

The Chief Executive of Aer Lingus Christoph Mueller is expected to come under pressure this afternoon over his pay package.

The Government is expected to vote against the approval of the pay package of the Aer Lingus boss at the airline's AGM today.

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has sought “full details” of the financial package of Aer Lingus CEO Christoph Mueller, saying it “jars” with him that anyone’s pension contributions should rise when a massive pension deficit remains at the airline.

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has signalled dissatisfaction with Aer Lingus management over its remuneration practices, amid its ongoing pensions dispute.

The Dublin Airport Authority will next Tuesday seek an injunction preventing Siptu from closing Cork and Dublin airports for four hours on March 14.

SIPTU says a strike at Aer Lingus over St Patrick's weekend is now "highly likely".

Aer Lingus has announced a rise in revenue in its preliminary results for the year ended December 31, 2013.

The Aer Lingus chief executive says he is confident they will be able to fill the new flight schedule being rolled out at Shannon airport.

In a perfect world Ryanair and the Government would both sell their stake in Aer Lingus at the same time so that a majority purchaser could be found, according to Aer Lingus CEO Christoph Mueller.

Aer Lingus sold every single seat on its transatlantic routes over the summer as The Gathering boosted the number of visitors using the airline.

The Labour Relations Commission has once again been tasked with finding enough common ground between Aer Lingus management and its staff to stave off potentially significant strikes which could ground tens of thousands of passengers in the run-up to Christmas.

Aer Lingus said it hopes travel disruption for passengers in the run up to Christmas can be avoided, following yesterday's union ballot.

The story that Aer Lingus chief executive Christoph Mueller is to shut down the cabin crew base at Shannon, and outsource the jobs, should revolt decent people.

The risk of industrial unrest at Aer Lingus has increased significantly with news that the airline is to close its Shannon-based cabin crew operation.

Aer Lingus have successfully reorientated their business model to make the company the natural choice for customers in Europe and Britain to fly to the US.

Aer Lingus is reporting a growth in revenues and passenger numbers for the first half of the year - but operating profits are down on last year.

Aer Lingus will fly directly to San Francisco and Toronto on a year-round basis from next April, the airline announced today.

Aer Lingus is to axe 100 jobs by the end of the year.

Post offices could be transformed into mini garda bureaux under new proposals to save the country’s struggling network.

The Minister for Communications, Pat Rabbitte, has announced that the CEO of Aer Lingus, Christoph Mueller, is the new chairman of An Post.

EU anti-trust regulators have blocked a third bid by Ryanair to buy rival Aer Lingus, a ruling that Europe’s biggest low-cost airline called politically motivated and vowed to challenge in court.

Ryanair has vowed to fight in court a rejection by European officials of its renewed takeover bid for rival Aer Lingus.

Aer Lingus has announced operating profits of €69.1m last year, up 40% on 2011 figures.

Aer Lingus has given the strongest indication yet that it is considering operating transatlantic flights from Cork Airport.

Aer Lingus have spent more money on lawyers defending Ryanair takeover bids than they have ever paid out in dividends to shareholders.

Aer Lingus has announced an operating profit of €90.9m for the period from July 1 to September 30.

Aer Lingus has posted a pre-tax loss of €24.5m for the six months to the end of June during what is typically the airline’s lossmaking portion of the year.