Ryanair have announced that they will open four new routes from Knock to Barcelona (Girona), Frankfurt (Hahn), Milan (Bergamo) and Paris (Beauvais) from April 2012.

SHANNON AIRPORT was given a much needed boost yesterday with confirmation Aer Lingus will resume its Paris-Charles de Gaulle service from December.

The launch of a new route between Shannon Airport and Paris will strengthen links between the west of Ireland and every major destination around the globe, it was claimed today.

Ryanair is to cut by 30% the number of flights it operates from Germany's Frankfurt Hahn airport blaming an €8 travel tax imposed by the Berlin government.

RYANAIR could find itself in hot water after one of its jets was forced to descend from 37,000 feet and divert to an airport in Germany after a woman was scalded in an onboard accident.

Budget airline Ryanair has confirmed that it will open 10 new routes from Fuerteventura.

NEW services from Kerry and Knock airports to sun destinations were announced yesterday, following Ryanair’s decision to switch routes from Shannon Airport.

THE space you allocate to letters is not large enough for me to address all of the untruths contained in Michael O’Leary’s letter (December 3), so instead I will merely tackle the three most blatant falsehoods.

Low-fare airline Ryanair effectively pulled out of Manchester airport today in a row over airport charges that will result in up to 600 jobs being lost.

KERRY AIRPORT will be looking closely at its cost base as the company’s operating profit for 2008 is down 16% on the previous year.

AS compliments go it was as impressive as it was rare.

KERRY Airport, which last year had a slight drop in passenger numbers, is falling behind in relation to charter services, the airport’s annual general meeting has heard.

CORK’S new airport terminal epitomises what an airport should be — modern, a host to some of Europe’s leading airlines and a focal point for Corkonians and tourists alike.

IF the announcement by Aer Lingus that it is ending its Shannon-Heathrow service from next year is genuine, and is not a dangerous and cynical negotiation ploy on behalf of the national carrier, then the consequences for the Shannon region and the entire west of Ireland will be devastating.

THE Dublin Airport Authority has claimed that its proposed second terminal at Dublin Airport is arguably “the most important public building in a generation.”

KERRY Airport is set for major expansion, with a €8m investment needed to cater for at least a million passengers by 2011, it was learned yesterday.

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BAA chief executive Mike Clasper said yesterday that the British airport company has no intention of declaring “open warfare” on Ryanair.

DR CORMAC MURPHY (Irish Examiner letters, Feb 19) accuses Aer Rianta of “penny-pinching tactics” in terms of recent developments with Ryanair at Shannon Airport.

RYANAIR may switch its Paris and Brussels routes from Shannon to Kerry Airport if the low-cost carrier fails to force a better deal out of Aer Rianta, NCB Stockbrokers said yesterday.

FREE flights and cheap seats all helped Ryanair fly a record 14.5 million people around Europe in 2002.

Low-fare carrier Ryanair was today expected to announce a big increase in pre-tax profits for the first quarter of the financial year.

A court in Germany has ruled that Ryanair can continue to advertise its base in the town of Hahn as Frankfurt-Hahn, despite the fact that it is 60 miles from the city of Frankfurt.

A court in Germany has banned Irish airline Ryanair from advertising its new base in the town of Hahn as Frankfurt-Hahn.