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.

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.

Irish airline Ryanair has hit out at the Government’s controversial €10 travel tax today, saying that it has had a worse impact on Dublin Airport traffic than the recent ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano.

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.

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

Just under two million passengers passed through Dublin Airport in August, a decline of almost 2% on the same period last year.

The Dublin Airport Authority is looking for volunteers to take part in trials at its new Terminal 2 this summer in preparation for its opening this winter.

Aer Lingus has invited unions to a meeting on Thursday in a bid to avert strike action at the country's airports during the St. Patrick's Day celebrations.

A committee representing Siptu members at Dublin Airport Authority has rejected "expert panel" proposals on how to address the €780m hole in the pension scheme of the DAA, Aer Lingus and the Shannon Airport Authority.

A taxi strike at Dublin Airport has entered its second day as authorities returned 30 out of 70 parking spaces cut from a drivers’ overflow area.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today unveiled the DAA’s masterplan for the development of a €4bn Dublin Airport City located to the east of Dublin Airport on 350 acres of land owned by the DAA.