UNIONS at Dublin Airport last night threatened strike action within a week if management don’t commit to existing agreements on hiring new staff.

CONSTRUCTION firm Laing O’Rourke has been chosen to build a new pier at Dublin Airport.

SMALL business group ISME has said the Government must ensure that any new terminal at Dublin Airport is run by an independent operator.

TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen is refusing to say when he believes the row over the €160 million debt for Cork Airport's new terminal will be resolved.

RYANAIR has announced 18 new routes from Dublin to other parts of Europe turning Dublin Airport into its 16th European base.

You spend years waiting for an extra airport terminal, then two come along at once, writes Paul O’Brien.

POTENTIAL purchasers are already showing an interest in the Great Southern Hotel (GSH) group, which is to be taken out of State ownership and sold.

THE latest development whereby the board of Cork Airport Authority (CAA) has been ostracised from having any influence whatsoever in the extent of the debt it is to be burdened with is very serious and sinister.

FIVE euro. That’s what it costs to land a passenger in Dublin. To put it more precisely, that, on average, is what it costs an airline to land a passenger in Dublin.

THE transport minister kicked for touch yesterday over the potentially crippling €160 million debt facing Cork Airport.

THE incoming board of the Dublin Airport Authority will be dealt a blow this morning with a report by the aviation regulator recommending no immediate rise in airport charges.

YOUR leader writer’s contention (Irish Examiner, April 11) that the chairman of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), Gary McGann, has “issued what amounts to an ultimatum” in saying that Cork airport’s independence would be in jeopardy ...

PLANS for a new terminal at Dublin Airport were thrown into disarray last night after the aviation regulator refused to hike passenger charges by 50% to pay for the facility.

THE Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is seeking an urgent review of airport charges following the decision by the aviation regulator to turn down a request for a 50% rise in passenger fees.

PASSENGERS at Dublin Airport will face a substantial hike in the €5 charge they pay no matter who develops the second terminal, Dublin Airport Authority’s new chief executive David Collier warned yesterday.

THE Dublin Airport Authority has dropped its legal challenge against the Commission for Aviation Regulator over landing charges at the airport.

RYANAIR last night slated the decision by the Government to allow the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) to build the second terminal.

THE Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) has proposed increasing Dublin Airport charges for airlines by up to 40% per passenger.

CORK Airport’s new multi-million passenger terminal is likely to miss its May 10 opening date and instead open in the hectic summer season.