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.

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has reached agreement with the Lynxs Cargo Group, which proposes building a new cargo facility at Shannon airport.

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

A full-body scanner is to be used on staff at Dublin Airport under plans to test the controversial security equipment.

Dublin Airport could be facing serious disruption after fire and police service voted by 78% in favour of industrial action, The Sunday Business Post has reported.

Passenger traffic at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports increased by just less than 1% last year, according to the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA).

Ryanair has today confirmed that it will create more than 1,000 new jobs in 2012, none of which will be based in Ireland.

Dublin Airport has issued a fresh warning over possible flight delays due to bad weather.