THE chairman of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has warned that if the country’s three state airports secure their autonomy, the country will end up with one airport after not very long.

DUBLIN Airport is in advanced talks with Air India in a bid to become the airline’s European hub, which could see more transatlantic flights from Ireland.

AFTER months of clashing over competing ideologies Fianna Fáil last night emerged victorious having forged its stamp on government aviation policy for the remainder of the current Government.

FULL independence for Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports has been taxiing on the runway for so long many observers now fear the plan will never be given clearance for takeoff.

TAXI drivers have abandoned their threat to withdraw services from the Ryder Cup in their dispute over planned changes to fares and charges.

Plans were today passed for a new €395m terminal at Dublin Airport.

TWO egos crash-landed at Dublin Airport last night leaving 200 jobs dead and 300 more lingering in intensive care.

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has today hit out at Fianna Fáil’s latest tourism strategy, claiming that the party has "destroyed Irish tourism" in recent years.

Aer Lingus is once again facing disruptive action by cabin and ground crew after talks on the ailing pension scheme it shares with Dublin Airport Authority collapsed at the Labour Relations Commission.

MERRION Stockbrokers has upped its 12-month share price target for Aer Lingus; noting that solving its €500 million pension deficit problem could be the key to creating stock value.

RYANAIR chief executive Michael O’Leary has claimed that Shannon Airport “has priced itself out of existence”.

RYANAIR is shedding almost two-thirds of its capacity at Shannon this winter and cutting flights at Cork by 17% and by 15% at Dublin.

RYANAIR will be applying within weeks to the High Court for a judicial review of what it calls the Department of Transport’s order to the aviation regulator to increase passenger prices at Dublin Airport by 40% next year.

FINE GAEL TD Bernard Allen has again accused the Government of attempting to renege on the commitment to unburden Cork Airport of its €200 million debt.

THE Shannon Airport Authority is missing out on a huge opportunity to tap into innovative proposals which would help make the airport more commercially viable, a union leader said yesterday.

Michael O’Farrell, Political Reporter