An Italian aerobatic display team had Dubliners craning their necks to the sky yesterday after performing a memorable flypast over the city.

Irish airports and airspace will handle over one million flights by the end of this year — but Cork and Shannon airports have both suffered significant drops in traffic.

Cork Airport’s first scheduled transatlantic services — a strategic target of airport management for 50 years — have been hailed as a game changer for the region.

Cork and Shannon airports suffered significant declines in their traffic movements last month, with Cork now down almost 12% this year compared to the first four months of 2014.

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) says that, last year, it recorded a very strong financial performance with operating profits increasing by 15.5% to €29.7m.

Air traffic through Cork Airport has nosedived for the third consecutive month — as Dublin and Shannon continue to grow.

Air traffic through debt-saddled Cork Airport nose-dived last month despite strong growth nationally.

A centre that will be able to track aircraft in distress from space will be based at an Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) facility in Co Clare.

Figures released by the Irish Aviation Authority have revealed that while commercial terminal traffic for Shannon, Dublin and Cork airports for the period January to November 2014 was up by 6.2%, Cork Airport’s standalone figures are dropping compared to last year.

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) last year recorded “a very strong”financial performance with pre-tax profits increasing by 45% to €21.34m.

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has invested €20 million for a 6% stake in Aireon LLC, a proposed space-based air traffic surveillance venture.

Cork Airport was the only airport to record negative growth in new monthly figures published by the Irish Aviation Authority.

Up to 130,000 people lined the quays of Dublin City as the world’s largest commercial aircraft roared overhead.

More than 100,000 people are expected to line the quays in Dublin for what promises to be a spectacular celebration of aviation.

One of the largest aircraft in the world, the Airbus A380, will fly up the Liffey at low level in three weeks' time.

Parents of the trainee pilots left up to €80,000 out of pocket by the collapse of a Waterford pilot school have accused the Irish Aviation Authority of examining the wrong accounts when re-licensing the school last year.

The Waterford Pilot Training College which left hundreds of trainee pilots stranded in Florida after taking up to €80,000 in tuition fees from them is being investigated by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE).

The Irish Aviation Authority has likened the financing of the ill-fated Pilot Training College in Waterford to a Ponzi scheme, and said the director of corporate enforcement should investigate the company’s collapse.

The Irish Aviation Authority was warned as recently as last September that the €85,000 fees paid by cadets training with Pilot Training College Waterford were at risk as the company could be in financial difficulty.

FLIGHTS through the country’s three main airports have fallen by as much as 36% since they reached their peak at the height of the boom, figures from the Irish Aviation Authority show.

THE chief executive of the state-sponsored Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) saw his pay soar more than 16% last year to €365,800 — including a €45,000 bonus payment.

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has said that air traffic over Irish airspace declined by 1.4% in February when compared to February 2010.

IRELAND has been ranked amongst the best in the world for regulating and implementing safety standards in civil aviation.

TRAFFIC into and out of Ireland’s three main airports plunged more than 10% last month, with Shannon hardest hit.

Transport Minister Noel Dempsey has appointed Anne Nolan as Chairman of the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), the Authority announced today.

IRELAND’S two largest airlines have been accused of conducting a “cynical, politically motivated” attack on ash cloud safety measures, after claiming protection plans were “inaccurate” and needlessly closing airports.

AVIATION officials were meeting late last night amid fears flights may have to be grounded for a second day because of volcanic ash as Irish airlines face a summer of uncertainty.

FASTEN your seat belts – the threat to air travel from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland is likely to remain for the summer months, according to the Irish Aviation Authority.

Weary passengers are preparing to fly home today, and some have already arrived, after aviation chiefs gave the green light for Irish and UK airspace to reopen

IRISH airports have been given the green light to resume operations one week after volcanic ash crippled the airline business.

STRANDED passengers were thrown a lifeline last night as aviation chiefs gave the go-ahead for Irish and British airspace to reopen.

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) is to resume flights from Ireland from 5am tomorrow. However, it will be three to four days before normal operations resume.

Weather forecasters today signalled a no-flight order imposed here amid fears over the volcanic ash cloud will ease tomorrow evening.

Aviation chiefs have closed Irish airspace until 6pm today and warned that the no-fly order imposed because of the Iceland volcanic ash cloud looks set to run until the end of the week.

SIGNIFICANTLY smaller but definitely shinier than its predecessor, the new air traffic control tower in Cork Airport will help staff keep every little Fokker in sight.

THE Irish Aviation Authority has failed in its attempts to avoid paying the terms of a transitional wage agreement and now faces a bill for a wage increase of €4.5 million.

AIR traffic flows throughout Irish skies are showing a continuing and significant decrease so far this year, according to the Irish Aviation Authority which yesterday announced a “satisfactory” performance for 2008.

A raft of injuries have not helped London's preparations for their Connacht SFC preliminary round clash with Leitrim on Sunday (Ruislip, throw-in 3pm).

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.

A NEW air traffic control centre at Dublin Airport will cement Ireland’s place as a world leader in flight management.

PEOPLE have put them in their socks, their safes, their banks, but a young Kerry Lotto winner kept his golden ticket in a condom box.

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) today announced a €6m profit in 2003, reflecting a growth in international traffic levels and the economic recovery in the aviation industry.