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.

One of Shannon Airport’s most senior managers tonight said he was resigning his day to day duties after being kept in the dark about the withdrawal of the Heathrow route.

The Shannon Airport Authority is holding an emergency meeting today to discuss the news that the Dublin Airport Authority had advance knowledge of the Aer Lingus decision to end Shannon-Heathrow services.

More than 280,000 passengers are expected to travel through Dublin Airport during the bank holiday weekend, an 8% increase on 2006.

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.

Met Eireann have issued an ice and snow warning as freezing fog and flurries of snow plagued parts of the country.

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is to invest €450m this year to expand, improve and modernise Dublin Airport.

One of the country’s largest HIV/Aids support groups today said it was seriously concerned after a massive jump in the numbers contracting the disease.

Construction started this morning on Terminal Two, the new €395m new passenger terminal at Dublin 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.

Ryanair has today reacted angrily to the Commission for Aviation Regulation’s (CAR) Draft Decision on the Review of Airport Charges.

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has stated today that there will be no increase in charges at the facility in 2012.

United Airlines is to operate a new daily direct Dublin-Washington service from next June.

The Chief Executive of the Dublin Airport Authority is to resign at the end of April to take up a new position as head of London City Airport.

The Commission for Aviation Regulation is set to reduce the charges airlines pay for traffic control in Cork, Dublin and Shannon by 40% over four years.

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.

Passengers at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports could face disruption over the next two weeks, due to tensions over Aer Lingus and DAA pension funds.