DEPARTING chief executive of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), Declan Collier is resigning tomanage an airport where passenger levels were 12% of those at DAA airports last year.

DUBLIN Airport Authority boss Declan Collier has bowed to Government pressure and relinquished his controversial €100,000-plus bonus.

THE Dublin Airport Authority was strongly criticised yesterday for its failure to inform colleagues in Shannon about the planned closure by Aer Lingus of its Shannon-Heathrow route.

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

PASSENGER charges will increase next month at Dublin Airport as the country’s three biggest airports take a hit of €8 million from the volcanic ash crisis as 3,200 flights were cancelled.

THE Labour Relations Commission has intervened in the pensions dispute between the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) and its unions, which threatens to escalate into full-scale strike action.

THE Dublin Airport Authority was sufficiently concerned in June about the possible loss of Shannon Airport’s Heathrow slots that it contacted Aer Lingus with an incentive offer.

THE Coalition parties seem set to agree a deal on the controversial second terminal at Dublin Airport on Wednesday.

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has appealed to DAA and Aer Lingus workers not to go on strike.

Dublin Airport saw a 3% year-on-year decline in passenger numbers in September with 1.7m people travelling through the facility, the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) said today.

Management at Shannon Airport is to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss the news that the Dublin Airport Authority knew in advance of the Aer Lingus decision to end Shannon-Heathrow services.

Passengers arriving at Dublin Airport passport control outside of business hours face long queues.

Dublin Airport is expecting its busiest Christmas ever, with 925,000 passengers due to pass through the facility.

The Government is considering selling a number of state-owned companies.

Flights landing during April were down 1.2% compared with last year, as arrivals and departures into the country’s three main airports continued to decline.

Work stoppages at the country’s main airports have been called off as unions and management enter crunch talks over a pensions row.

Ryanair has criticised the Government’s failure to sell Shannon Airport to the private sector.