IN the first six months of 2009, Aer Lingus lost just under €19 for every man, woman and child that flew with the airline.

RYANAIR, which has failed twice to take over its rival, Aer Lingus, last night accused it of issuing incorrect information to the market last December in the heat of the takeover battle.

AER Lingus, in a surprise move, has appointed its first non-Irish chief executive officer in its 73-year history.

AER LINGUS cut the pay of its former chief executive Dermot Mannion by 42% last year to €652,000 from €1.1 million.

AER Lingus must consider a merger to avoid becoming another Waterford Wedgwood as revenue plunged 16% in the first three months of the year.

DESPITE being relatively new to Aer Lingus, former Ryanair executive Sean Coyle is seen as a front-runner to succeed Dermot Mannion as chief executive.

Dermot Mannion has resigned as chief executive officer of Aer Lingus after four years, the company said today.

Aer Lingus today called on rival carrier Ryanair to finally give up its stake in the airline after two failed take-overs.

The head of Aer Lingus has done a U-turn on controversial new changes to his working contract.

AER LINGUS shareholders have shown little interest in Ryanair’s takeover approach, a move that will cost both airlines millions of euro.

SIPTU will today conclude its ballot for strike action at Aer Lingus over the airline’s plans to outsource or make redundant 1,300 ground staff.

Ryanair has announced that director of scheduled revenue Sean Coyle has resigned to take up the position of chief financial officer in rival Aer Lingus.

RYANAIR plans to make Edinburgh its second base in Scotland and 27th in Europe.

PAT BROSNAN (Irish Examiner, April 28) speculated that a British monarch may visit Ireland for the first time since 1911. Queen Elizabeth made her 13th official visit to Northern Ireland last year.

Budget airline Ryanair announced two new routes today linking Derry with Britain.

THE ‘non-nationals’ referred to in your editorial (Irish Examiner, August 25) are all nationals of some country.

Ernst & Young has announced the Irish shortlist for the 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year Programme.

Ryanair today announced four new routes from Frankfurt-Hahn to Bratislava (Slovakia), Porto (Portugal), Gdansk and Rzeszow (Poland).

SINÉAD de RÓISTE is not the first bicultural candidate in the Rose of Tralee, (Irish Examiner, August 11).