Irish Ferries introduces ‘Pet Den’ lounges on 12 daily sailings
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Black Donkey Brewing in Ballinlough County Roscommon announces it is closing
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Emirates signs partnership deal with Uber
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Sunrise Airways resume domestic services in Haiti
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Lufthansa to suspend Kazakhstan service from October 26
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Eaglerider revamps loyalty scheme
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Iberia to keep subsidiary Iberia Express – for now
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TEN countries for holiday makers to watch for summer 2025 measles outbreaks
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HERE are the key takeaways from the Paris air show 2025
Guillaume Faury CEO of Airbus The 55th Paris Air Show, held from 16 to 22…
AmaWaterways names its first Colombia-based ship
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WHERE WE ARE AT: Dublin airport passenger cap
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JetBlue to cut capacity & routes, and slow down A320 fleet reconfiguration
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King House in Boyle marks thirty years as a visitor attraction
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Iberia to expand long-haul to 70 aircraft by 2030
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Aurigny Air Services to damp-lease two DHC-6-300s from Skybus
Nico Bezuidenhout, CEO, Aurigny Air.jpg Aurigny Air Services will damp-lease two DHC-6-300s from Skybus to…
Consumers warned of increased risks from holiday scams targeting last-minute travel deals
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Russia’s GTLK proves to be a VERY lucrative liquidation
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Fingal enforcement notice brings focus back on Dublin airport passenger cap
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Tirana here we come – slot applications for winter 2025-26 up by 23pc at Dublin airport
Kenny Jacobs of DAA Dublin Airport will offer 17.9m seats for winter 2025-2026, a 23pc…
Cork Airport wins Europe’s best small airport for third time in eight years
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Irish government to extend PSO support for direct flight from Derry to Dublin
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Dublin airport cap causes slight dip in overall air passenger numbers for first quarter 2025 – CSO
Jennifer Banim Director of the Central Statistics Office A total of 8.2m passengers passed through…
Planning permission granted for 116-bed hotel on former Veha site in Wicklow town
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Iberia to expand long-haul fleet from 45 to 70 aircraft and use A321XLR for North America
Marco Sansavini CEO and president of Iberia Iberia plans to invest €6bn over five years…
FINALLY Clarence Hotel wins approval to increase rooms from 58 to 162 after planning saga
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FIFTEEN key takeaways from day three of the Paris air show
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IPW 2025 – Travel industry confronts tourism Trump slump
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Skytrax names Qatar airways best airline in the world for the ninth time
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Avolon to lease ten Airbus A321neo to Turkey’s AJet for delivery in 2027
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US & mainland Europe airlines report 7pc drop in trans-Atlantic air fares
Carsten Spohr CEO of Lufthansa Average round-trip economy airfares from the US to Europe have…
US air force moves tankers, F-22s and F-35s to Europe amid escalation
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Car hire survey finds 17pc of holiday makers face unexpected charges
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Qatar Airways announces partnership with French Michelin star chef Yannick Alléno
On the day Qatar were named best airline in the world for the ninth time,…