Major Job Cuts at Aer Lingus
Aer Lingus announced this week plans to cut six hundred and seventy six jobs by 2011. The move is being made in order to reduce yearly operating expenses by ninety seven million euro. At present Aer Lingus employs three thousand and nine hundred people. They have stated that they believe the majority of lay offs ...
Ryanair Comes in for Criticism
Ryanair has come in for some strong criticism from the Consumers Association of Ireland due to increases in their baggage check in charges which are due to come into place in October. The new charges mean that the cost of checking in a bag will rise by fifty percent and the fee for a second ...
Twenty Three Percent Drop in UK Visitors to Ireland
According to a recent report by the Central Statistics Office there was a drop of eighteen percent in visitor numbers this May to Ireland when compared to the same month last year. The report also showed that the people of Ireland made ten percent less trips abroad for the same time comparison period. The biggest ...
Ryanair Announce Deficit
Ryanair announced the companies’ first deficit in over ten years today. One hundred and sixty nine million was lost. The deficit was due to the airlines thirty percent stake in Aer Lingus which reported a loss of two hundred and twenty two million. Not taking Aer Lingus into account Ryanair exceeded expectations by announcing a ...
Fly from Ireland to the UK and just Pay Taxes
Aer Lingus announced an excellent deal today where you can grab a flight from Ireland to the UK and just pay taxes and charges. Passengers have up until midnight on the 4th of June to book their flights. Flights are available from Dublin Airport to, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester and Birmingham. Travel dates are ...
Less Spending on Holidays this Year
According to a recent poll by Tesco Finance thirty four percent of British people will spend less on their annual holiday this year. Twelve percent have those polled said they would be spending much less than usual. Two thousand people from the UK took part in the survey with the results showing that most people ...
Ryanair Calls on Irish Government to Scrap Air Passenger Duty
Last Friday 14th May Ryanair praised the decision by the Spanish Government to abolish airport taxes for any airline that manages to up or maintain the passenger numbers it achieved in the latter half of 2008 for the same period the following year in Spains biggest airports. The news was warmly welcomed by Ryanair seeing ...
Aer Lingus Report Rise in Passenger Numbers
Irish Airline Aer Lingus has reported a ten point nine percent increase in passenger numbers for April 2009 compared to numbers for April the previous year. The total number of passengers last month was nine hundred and forty five thousand. The main increase occurred on short haul routes with a thirteen percent increase recorded (up ...
Less Flights on Aer Lingus Dublin to Belfast Route
Aer Lingus plans to cut the number of flights on five routes this Autumn at Belfast International Airport but pledged to run the flights again as normal within 4 months of that date. The five affected destinations are Barcelona, Milan, Paris, Rome and Faro. There will be less aircraft available for the Dublin-Belfast route meaning ...
Ryanair Consider New Baggage Handling Approach
Irish budget airline Ryanair are always on the look out for a way to cut costs. Recent speculation on charging customers to use toilet facilities on the plane certainly raised a few eyebrows. The latest idea from the airline is to do away with baggage handlers and have customers carry their own bags through security ...
Blackpool to Dublin
After the recent decision by Ryanair to axe its route from Dublin Airport to Blackpool, it has been announced that Aer Arann will now take over the route. The news was greeted with delight by the people of Blackpool. Ryanair has decided to withdraw the route in protest against a new £10 tax (airport development ...
Ryanair pleads for end to DAA Monopoly
Ryanair gave a warm welcome to the United Kingdom Competition Commission’s call for the axing of the DAA monopoly. Ryanair believes that the 3 competing airports in London result in better airline services for flight passengers, improved facilities, and lead to lower fares. They have pleaded for the Irish Government to stop the DAA monopoly. They believe ...
Ryanair Announce Extra Check in Charge
Well they’re still probably cheaper than everyone else but the recent announcement of a “check-in” charge by Ryanair has caused outrage among some customers Michael O’ Leary described the new charge as a move to encourage passengers to check-in online and only bring hand luggage with them Counter check-ins will now set customers back another ...
Aer Lingus Pilots Hopeful of Compromise
Pilots working for Aer Lingus have said they would cancel an intended strike this week if the corporation agrees to discussions aimed at preventing major interruptions during the the busy holiday season “Our proposal is that we jointly approach the Labour Relations Commission with a request to facilitate joint discussions,” Captain Evan Cullen, President of ...
