The Shannon Airport Authority is holding an emergency meeting today to discuss the news that the Dublin Airport Authority had advance knowledge of the Aer Lingus decision to end Shannon-Heathrow services.

Ryanair has called on the DAA to "stop lying to the public about its rip-off car park price hikes".

More than 280,000 passengers are expected to travel through Dublin Airport during the bank holiday weekend, an 8% increase on 2006.

Trading was good on the ISEQ index of Irish shares today as the exchange close up 110.59 points at 9778.51.

Charges for travellers flying from Dublin Airport will remain the same for the next two years, the Aviation Regulator announced today.

Ryanair has today reacted angrily to the Commission for Aviation Regulation’s (CAR) Draft Decision on the Review of Airport Charges.

Local residents have today been outlining their objections to the second terminal proposed for Dublin Airport at an oral hearing being held by An Bord Pleanála.

Budget airline Ryanair has today called on An Bord Pleanala to reject the DAA’s plans for a second terminal at Dublin Airport.

Ryanair is flying a planeload of journalists to Germany today as part of its campaign against the way the second terminal for Dublin Airport is being built.

Construction started this morning on Terminal Two, the new €395m new passenger terminal at Dublin Airport.

Irish shoppers on pre-Christmas trips to the US have helped passenger numbers take-off at Dublin airport.

Aer Rianta International have been awarded a seven-year retail contract with JSC Terminal, the authority responsible for developing the new Terminal 3 at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.

Air passengers here and in the UK are being reassured that travel services are returning to normal this Christmas Eve.

Today is expected to be the busiest pre-Christmas travel day at Dublin Airport with more than 65,000 people set to take to the skies.

Representatives of Cork Airport have said they are disappointed by Ryanair’s decision to end its Cork-Dublin service from October 30.

Ryanair is to cease its flights between Dublin and Kerry and between Dublin and Cork in the next two months.

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has insisted that all options must be considered for the future of Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports.

The Emirates airline is to begin a new daily Dublin-Dubai service from January, it was announced today.

Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) subsidiary Aer Rianta International (ARI) has signed a retailing contract with Yunnan Airport Group in China.

A US international cargo group has signed a deal with Shannon Airport to begin developing a global air freight hub at the airport.