Increasing competition for the long-haul, low-cost transatlantic market will be a boon for passengers as airlines tussle for a share of the market, a leading aviation analyst has said, writes Padraig Hoare.

Increasing competition for the long-haul, low-cost transatlantic market will be a boon for passengers as airlines tussle for a share of the market, a leading aviation analyst has said.

To have an airport called after you demands a wider international celebrity most Irish sportspeople simply do not have, writes Paul Rouse.

A deal to sell George Best Belfast City Airport has been agreed.

Aer Lingus has said it will "vigorously defend" itself against a claim for damages from Belfast International Airport.

A plane that crash landed at a British airport has now been cleared away and flights have resumed on the runway.

Flights remain grounded at a British airport after a problem with an aircraft caused it to land next to the runway.

A captain lost control of a passenger plane after his artificial arm became detached as he was coming in to land, an accident report has said.

A captain lost control of a passenger plane after his artificial arm became detached as he was coming in to land, an accident report has said.

The night before the accident, the aircraft operated a night cargo charter, from Belfast Aldergrove to Edinburgh, to Inverness and back to Aldergrove.

Air exclusion zones will be imposed over parts of Northern Ireland as part of the massive G8 security operation.

Budget airline Flybe today announced it had dropped direct flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London Gatwick.

Weather warnings were in effect overnight as snow clouds rumbled inland off the south-west coast.

The company which manufactured the engine of the airplane involved in the fatal air crash at Cork Airport almost two years ago is being sued by a number of survivors and relatives of the victims.

Aer Lingus is to move to George Best Belfast City Airport in the autumn after five years at Belfast International.

British Airways has relaunched services between the North and London Heathrow after an 11-year hiatus.

British Airways has relaunched services between the North and London Heathrow after an 11-year gap.

Aer Lingus has confirmed it is in talks with George Best Belfast City Airport.

Aer Lingus has confirmed that it is in talks with George Best Belfast City Airport.

Aer Lingus is set to switch its operations from Belfast International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport.

The Olympic Torch will visit the Belfast slipways where the Titanic was built today as it begins its five-day relay through the North before arriving in Dublin later in the week.

For Laurence Wilson and the other survivors of last year’s plane crash tragedy, Friday will be a day of mixed emotions.

Golfing hero Darren Clarke returned home today to deliver the game’s biggest prize to his two sons – the Open Championship trophy.

Thousands of UK schools, colleges, courts, Government offices and jobcentres will be closed or disrupted today when teachers, civil servants and other workers stage the biggest strike for five years, in a bitter row over pensions.

USPGA champion Martin Kaymer has warned Rory McIlroy against comparing himself to Tiger Woods.

Seven new routes to holiday destinations in continental Europe are to operate from George Best Belfast City Airport.

THE devastated partner of the co-pilot killed in the Cork Airport disaster said last night that he would have done everything in his power to prevent the tragedy.

THE inexperienced captain of the Cork Airport crash flight allowed his rookie co-pilot to make three landing attempts in dense fog.

Full services resumed at Cork Airport today after the plane crash that killed six people, as the chairman of Manx2 airline insisted both pilots were fully qualified.

Air-accident investigators were trying to piece together the final minutes of the Cork plane crash that left six people dead.

BUSINESSMAN Brendan Mallon made a frantic phonecall to his wife after surviving the ill-fated flight NM 7100 crash which claimed the lives of six other passengers.

THE head of Manx2.com, a ‘virtual airline’, which outsources the ownership and operation of its flights, has spoken of his “terrible shock” following the horrific accident at Cork airport on one of its routes.

A relative of Ireland’s President has died along with two other businessmen from the North, a UK citizen, and a Spanish pilot and British co-pilot in a plane crash in Cork Airport.

The Cork air crash disaster starkly shows how fragile life can be, Northern Ireland’s First Minister has said.

Manx2.com has issued a statement regarding today's fatal air incident at Cork Airport, where six people lost their lives.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen said his thoughts were with all of those affected by the crash at Cork Airport today.

Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has revealed he had considered taking the flight which crashed at Cork Airport today.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has said four of those injured in this morning's aircraft crash at Cork Airport are in a serious condition.

Two of the six people injured in this morning's Manx 2 airplane crash at Cork Airport are in a critical condition, the Irish Aviation Authority has confirmed.

Six people have died and six others were injured when a plane travelling from Belfast City Airport crashed in fog at Cork Airport today, a Cork County Council spokesman said.

At least three people died today and two others were trapped in wreckage after a plane crashed in fog at Cork Airport this morning.

Three people have died and two others are trapped after a plane travelling from Belfast City Airport crashed in fog at Cork Airport today, a Cork County Council spokesman said.

The Irish Aviation Authority has confirmed that there were 10 passengers and two crew on the Manx2 commuter flight that crashed at Cork Airport this morning.

THE husband of murdered Mauritius honeymooner Michaela Harte accompanied her on a final journey home yesterday, wearing her engagement and wedding ring on a chain around his neck.