ITAA calls for urgent overhaul of Irish bonding system after Monarch collapse in Britain
The Irish Travel Agents Association has called for an overhaul of the bonding system to…
Yearly Archives: 2017
Former Irish athlete Niall O’Callaghan gets up and running as new MD of Shannon Heritage
Former Irish international athlete Niall O’Callaghan is taking up the reins as Managing Director of Shannon…
GPO centre wins Micheletti European Museum award
GPO Witness History Visitor Centre has won The Micheletti Award at the European Museum Academy Awards…
Ryanair September passengers up 10pc DESPITE cancellations
Ryanair September passengers up 1m to 11.8m Load factor up 2 to 97 Rolling annual…
Irish operators respond quickly to help clients following Las Vegas atrocity
Irish tour operators in the North American market have been responding to the shooting incident…
Icelandair to fly Dublin-Keflavik 6w from May
Dublin-Keflavik 6w to commence in May Year round service with Boeing 757 Icelandair is Dublin’s…
14pc more passengers for £100m less revenue: Why Monarch failed
Monarch closes leaving 110,000 passengers abroad Fleet of 36, two leased in Ireland Monarch Airlines…
Spike Island makes it three in a row for Ireland in European leg of World Travel Awards
3rd success in European Leg after Guiness Storehouse & Titanic Centre Dublin Convention centre and Sandymount…
Ryanair secures deals with seven airlines as ‘disruption partners’
Ryanair has met with the Irish Commission for Aviation Regulation and agreed to implement a…
ITIC says 7.1pc fall in English visitors is a ‘stark warning’ to the Government and reiterates call for €20m investment fund
Call for €20m investment fund Wants urgent measures in the Budget autumn campaign is in…
Fáilte Ireland Brexit briefings at Croke Park says 300,000 fewer will visit
300,000 fewer English trips here 1,900 tourism jobs lost Impact softened by rise from other…
Booking.com to operate Aer Lingus Hotels for airline
Aer Lingus has announced that online accommodation provider Booking.com is now powering its ‘Aer Lingus Hotels’ offering.…
Former Irish Army man Ray Gammell surrenders Etihad CEO job to former British Army man Tony Douglas
Wicklow man Ray Gammell is to finish up at his position of Interim Group CEO at Etihad, with…
Double win for Kelly’s Resort and Ashford Castle at Hotel and Catering Review awards
Kelly’s Resort Hotel in Rosslare was supreme Winner and Ireland’s Family Friendly Hotel at…
Ryanair answers questions on its further cancellations of 2,000 flights
Ryanair says a decision to cancel an extra 18,000 will hit 400,000 customers as part…
Ryanair calls off proposed bid for Alitalia
Ryanair has said it would end its interest in Italy’s Alitalia to help “eliminate all…
Air France to start operating its own aircraft on Dublin-Paris route
Air France is to begin operating its own aircraft on the Dublin to Paris Charles…
Air France launches new airline Joon to appeal to millennials
Air France launches new airline Joon to appeal to millennials Will be based at Charles…
Shannon airport takes silver in 4m category at World Routes awards in Barcelona
Shannon Airport completed five-in-a-row by winning highly commended in the ‘Best Marketing of Airports’ awards…
John Cassidy & Eileen Penrose win Amadeus golf event
John Cassidy of Cassidy Travel and Eileen Penrose of APG Airline Business were the winners…
Rhode Island visits Cork Airport on back of new Norwegian service
Travel, trade and tourism representatives from Rhode Island have visited Cork to reinforce the links between…
Michael O’Leary: Ryanair will be just one of 10-12 parties making binding offers for Alitalia
Ryanair will make bdining ofer in December to buy Alitalia Ryanair are not ‘about to…
Ryanair: ‘No longer negotiating with Norwegian’ to feed long haul services
Michael O’Leary, CEO of Ryanair says that his airline are no longer negotiating with Norwegian…
Wednesday’s child is full of woe, Ryanair’s COMPLETE calendar of cancellations, Monday Sept 25th to Sunday October 28th
MONDAY: Sept 25th & October 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd FR6341 Barcelona – Rome Fiumicino…
Ryanair concede they will pay compensation for cancellations
Ryanair passengers whose flights are cancelledover the next two weeks are to get compensation. the…
Ryanair cancellations from Dublin Monday to Wednesday
MONDAY: FR1452@ 06:30 Brussels; FR3104 Amsterdam; FR562 Manchester ; FR114 London Gatwick ; FR508 Bristol;…
CAR says Ryanair will have to pay compensation for cancelled flights
CAR says special circumstances do not apply Ryanair says it is contacting all passengers tomorrow…
Domhnal Slattery planning major acquisition to make Avolon leader in world aviation leasing leader
Domnhal Slattery wants to be biggest in world Currently in third positon Growth can be…
ITAA statement: “Strong concern’ over cancellation of flights by Ryanair
The Irish Travel Agents Association expressed strong concern over the cancellation of flights by Ryanair…
Click&Go enlists an expert – a teenager – to launch Leaving Cert holidays
Click&Go has launched a new website for Leaving Cert holidays with some insider knowledge in…
Ryanair to cancel 50 flights daily because of crew holiday roster glitch
Ryanair to cancel 50 flights daily Standby aircraft will help punctuality On time rate fell…
Martin Dempsey & Fionnuala MacCurtain win at TIGS captain’s day
Martin Dempsey of Dempsey Travel Navan and Fionnuala MacCurtain of Munster Sports Travel/Killester Travel won…
Qatar Airways to seek new Ireland boss as Jonathan Keenan to leave position
Qatar Airways’ Commercial Manager for Ireland, Jonathan Keenan, is to leave the post after two…
Second new route for Shannon in one day as Ryanair launches Barcelona Reus service
Ryanair has launched a new Shannon route to Barcelona Reus, with a twice-weekly service commencing in…
Tourism Ireland, airports and ministers welcome new Canada services
The new Shannon-Toronto Pearson service has been welcomed by tourism chiefs as Ireland looks to…
Air Canada launches new Dublin-Montreal, Shannon-Toronto services and expands offerings
Non-stop, seasonal Shannon-Toronto, Dublin-Montreal routes to begin June 2018 As announced by Travel Extra, existing…
United to launch summer season earlier from Dublin to Chicago
American carrier United is to extend its summer service between Dublin Airport and Chicago for…
Ryanair ups the ante as it invests €250m more at Lufthansa airport base
Ryanair is continuing its push into what it believes is an untapped but lucrative market…
‘Too big a market to throw in the towel’ says Fáilte Ireland as it launches Brexit fightback
Fáilte Ireland is fighting back as Brexit uncertainty and a struggling sterling hammer the country’s…
Cork Airport welcomes Norwegian’s Max 8 aircraft to ply transatlantic route to Boston Providence
Norwegian’s new more fuel and noise-efficient Boeing 737 MAX 8 has landed at Cork Airport in…