Norwegian Air International, which flies Boeing’s 737 Max to the US east coast from Irish airports, has no plans to abandon orders of the aircraft, even as the Ethiopian Airlines crash looks

The type of plane involved in the Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes in the past five months has carried thousands of passengers to and from Ireland — and aviation authorities have no plans to ground 737 Max aircraft.

Norwegian must bring down costs if it is to make its business model successful, according to Davy — as the airline announced it was scaling back a number of transatlantic services to the US East Coast, including from Cork.

Brutally cold conditions are expected to envelop the US east coast for most of the weekend, prompting wind chill warnings from Virginia to Vermont.

A massive winter storm, dubbed a bomb cyclone, swept from the US East Coast on Thursday, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds that will usher in possibly record-breaking cold.

Fuel forecourt retailer Applegreen has said its pipeline of petrol filling stations is strong as it outlined expansion plans in Ireland, the UK and the US.

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A blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the US East Coast to a standstill today, dumping as much as three feet of snow, stranding tens of thousands of travellers and shutting down Washington and New York City.

A dangerous rainstorm drenching the US East Coast has brought more misery to South Carolina – cutting power to thousands, forcing hundreds of water rescues and closing many roads because of floodwater.

US cities from Boston to New York and Philadelphia are shutting down against a monster storm that could unload up to three feet of snow on a region of more than 35 million people.

US oil prices were steady yesterday, ahead of the first big snowstorm this year in the country’s north-east, while benchmark Brent crude fell after pledges of no policy change by the top oil exporter Saudi Arabia after King Abdullah’s death.

ENGLAND: Britain is trying to make sure its citizens are more nice than naughty while soaking up the Arabian Gulf sun this Christmas.

A violent weather system that claimed 12 lives in Oklahoma and Arkansas amid tornadoes and flash floods gave way to clearing skies as the storms trekked toward the US east coast today.

International Airlines Group today announced plans to axe 4,500 jobs as it attempts to stem losses at its Spanish airline Iberia.

US President Barack Obama has accused Mitt Romney of scaring voters with lies as Tuesday's US Presidential election draws ever nearer.

The misery inflicted by Superstorm Sandy intensified yesterday as millions along the US East Coast faced life without power or transport for days to come.

The superstorm ravaging the US East Coast laid waste to the campaign strategies of President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney with just a week remaining in their intensely close race for the White House.

The misery inflicted by superstorm Sandy intensified today as millions along the US East Coast faced life without power or transport for days to come.

Huge swathes of New York have been left deserted and dark after America’s largest city suffered the full force of Superstorm Sandy.

The stormy conditions on the US east coast are having a knock-on effect on some travel schedules here.

President Obama has declared a "major disaster" in New York and Long Island after superstorm Sandy swept across the east coast of America, killing at least 16 people.

Hurricane Sandy headed north from the Caribbean – where it left nearly 60 dead - to threaten the eastern US today with sheets of rain, high winds and heavy snow as millions were warned to get out of its path.

Tropical Storm Leslie headed on a northward track towards Canada’s Newfoundland early today, after its outer bands buffeted Bermuda with a day of gusty winds and rain.

A perfect storm in the feed market this winter is unlikely to leave Irish farmers unscathed.

The team behind the plan to create an international China trade hub is aiming to have phase one up and running in three years.

The team behind an ambitious plan to create an international China trade hub the size of a town is aiming to have phase one up and running in three years.

An unusually early and powerful snowstorm struck the US East Coast, weighing down or toppling leafy trees and utility lines to knock out power to 2.3 million customers.

TRANSPORTATION was getting back to normal in most eastern states in the wake of Hurricane Irene, although some US towns still grappled with flooding and many homes were without electricity.

A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Irene slammed into the New Jersey shore with 75mph winds today after dumping a foot of rain on North Carolina and Virginia, killing nine people and knocking out power to at least two million homes.

A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Irene slammed into the New Jersey shore with 75mph winds today after dumping a foot of rain on North Carolina and Virginia, killing eight people and knocking out power to at least two million homes.

Hurricane Irene zeroed in for a catastrophic run up the US East Coast as more than two million people were told to move to safer places, and New York City ordered America’s biggest underground system shut down for the first time because of a natural disaster.

Blizzard conditions have marooned thousands of air, rail and road travellers on the US East Coast, shutting down airports and rail lines for a second day, stranding buses on buried roads and forcing New York subway commuters to spend a cold night in unheated trains.

Tourists on a holiday island in North Carolina were ordered to board ferries and head for the mainland today as Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe the US East Coast.

Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the north-eastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds as it rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 storm and threatening the US.

ENERGY giant BP yesterday said it was capturing about a fifth of the estimated oil gushing from its ruptured undersea Gulf of Mexico well and hoped to try to fully stop the flow later this week.

Boston: Trade Minister Billy Kelleher announced yesterday that Cork company ProSys Sampling Systems had agreed a $1,000,000 (€734,000) contract with one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies on a project to design and manufacture high containment isolators for their United States headquarters.

Massive snowfall and strong winds again blasted Washington and much of the US east coast as the US capital struggled with the latest storm in its most difficult winter in memory.

THE second major snowstorm in a week yesterday swept up the US east coast, piling on already-snowbound Washington, where most federal government offices have been shut down since last week, and moving on to New York City.

The second major snowstorm in a week has today swept up the US east coast, piling on already-snowbound Washington, where most federal government offices have been shut down since last week, and moving on to New York City.

A number of flights to the States out of Dublin Airport have been cancelled this morning because of heavy snow fall on the US east coast.

A snow storm on the US East Coast has caused several hundred motorists to become stranded in the western part of Virginia state, officials said today.

THE numbers of business visitors to Ireland increased by 10% last year, as 29,000 overseas delegates pumped €36 million into the Irish economy, according to Fáilte Ireland.