Shannon Group CEO says government supports are "urgently needed" to help the sector recover from the catastrophic impact of the coronavirus pandemic

DAA, which owns and operates Dublin and Cork Airports, will tell the committee that Dublin's passenger numbers will be as low as they were in 1995

Pre-departure Covid-19 testing at Dublin and Cork airports could be made available to passengers by mid-October with government assistance, the Oireachtas Transport Committee has heard.

'In football terms, we hauled ourselves into the Premiership over the last two to three years, but we’ve just been relegated again.'

Airport testing could potentially slow the country's full adoption of the system

Cork airport handled less than 500 flights last month

The notion we should cocoon the whole island, in the context of international connectivity, is a nonsense propagated by those who believe the Covid virus can be eradicated says airline boss 

Airlines will follow the money and base themselves in Cork and Shannon if incentivised to do so, it is claimed.

He said that Ireland has signed Ireland up to the EU’s Traffic Light travel system which will be finalised at the Cabinet meeting next Tuesday

Senator denies meeting is a pointless exercise as Ryanair announced closure of bases at Cork and Shannon airports for winter

Cork and Shannon airports have reiterated calls for the implementation of passenger testing to allow a return of some air passenger travel following the loss of their Ryanair bases.

The Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) has signalled it will make no major changes to passenger charges for 2020 and 2021 at Dublin Airport after examining if they should be reviewed due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the airline ...

ESB has announced a €75m fund for large businesses to reduce their energy consumption. The utility will provide the up-front capital for these energy-saving infrastructural projects with repayments financed by the resultant delivered savings.

Eddie Wilson, chief executive of Ryanair’s Designated Activity Company, said there is “a reasonable chance” the airline will not reopen the two Munster aviation hubs.

Eddie Wilson said the current crisis "could have been averted".

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan says pre-departure testing could 'free people from the two-week rule' around restricting  movements

Dublin and Cork airports have the capability to deliver up to 15,000 pre-departure PCR tests per day

The DAA said it is imperative to open up the country as a matter of urgency.

Less than half a million passengers arrived in and departed Ireland in September, compared to 1.9m in September 2019

The Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has been told PCR testing must be in place for December to facilitate Christmas travel