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ANALYSIS: Cruise lines turning private destinations into revenue engines
Cruise lines are investing heavily in private islands, beach clubs and purpose-built shoreside destinations as…
ANALYSIS: Aer Lingus options as it grapples with significant cost increases
Aer Lingus fuel costs rose from $829 to $1,430 per metric tonne The airline recorded…
ANALYSIS: Albania explodes in anger over the resort Ivanka Trump ‘discovered’
Protests continue in Albania against a planned multi-bn-euro luxury resort linked to Jared Kushner on…
ANALYSIS: more ripples in the river cruise market as Explora prepares to join Celebrity
The confirmation from Explora Journeys on 24 September 2026 that it has signed a letter…
ANALYSIS: How September is becoming the new August across European destinations
The traditional concentration of holiday traffic in the height of summer has shifted measurably toward…
Qantas announces 18-hour Project Sunrise flight to New York for 2028
Qantas announces Project Sunrise flight to New York for 2028 Nonstop Sydney to New York…
‘They wanted to discontinue La Première’ – Ben Smith celebrates Air France world’s best first class award
Air France-KLM has celebrated its La Première experience being named the World’s Best First Class.…
FINALLY: Ryanair quietly abandons the illusion of ‘priority boarding’
Ryanair has renamed the category formerly known as priority boarding as regular alongside plus and…
ANALYSIS: How a Pratt & Whitney engine recall helped drive Air Baltic into Chapter 11
AirBaltic sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a New York court on 14 September 2026.…
ANALYSIS: How expensive is an air bridge instead of being bussed to the aircraft?
Boarding bridge charges have ranged from under €40 to well above €400 per hour across…
ANALYSIS: Tulla MORE, the economic impact of the ploughing championship
Swords into ploughshares, or should that be plough shares? On a normal Tuesday in September, Philip…
ANALYSIS: The rise and rise of the adult only resort
Adults-only resorts driving growth especially in Caribbean tourism Demand extends beyond couples to solo travelers…
ANALYSIS: Looking EAST: Air Canada’s 8pc growth ambition to Shannon and the world beyond
The new Shannon to Toronto route is part of a much bigger picture for Air…
ANALYSIS: After SEVEN years and FOUR attempts, is the A321XLR the solution to finally getting Shannon-Toronto to work?
Air Transit were here in 2014, Air Canada were her in the compulsory stopover days…
ANALYSIS: Squeaky bum time for aviation as airlines bed down for a tough winter ahead
The storm is a-coming, so the oracle says. Ryanair CEO Michael O”Leary says some airlines…
ANALYSIS: How just FIVE counties get 70pc of ALL the international tourists that come to Ireland
Just FIVE counties, Dublin, Galway, Cork, Kerry and Antrim, attract 70pc of all the international…
ANALYSIS: The rural Irish pub is dying. Should we be worried?
Ireland has 4,988 remaining active pubs Drinks Industry Group of Ireland shows that 2,205 pubs…
ANALYSIS: How Ireland’s Helicopter leasing sector came to the rescue during European wildfire season
The intensification of wildfire activity across southern and central Europe during the 2025 and 2026…
ANALYSIS: Loganair’s winter plans and the looming questions over PSO policy in Scotland
Like the Scottish song, it is a case of taking the high road or the…
ANALYSIS: How American Football became the most lucrative game in tourism
As field goals go, this one is lucrative, worth about €200m a kick. American college…
ANALYSIS: Why September is ‘collapse season’ in the aviation business
Collapse season. The phrase sends a shudder through everyone involved in travel and aviation. September…
ANALYSIS: Air Baltic faces into a cold winter after abounding IPO plans
Tallinn right now is a good place to examine the parable of the talents in action. AirBaltic…
ANALYSIS: Where next for TAP as the race for Portugal’s flag carrier narrows down to Lufthansa and Air France/KLM
The kings, jacks, queens, aces, and perhaps the joker, all the cards are now on…
ANALYSIS: How Dolly Parton, music icon, became an icon of tourism as well
It was Dolly what dun it. Throwback to an evening in 2004, Travel Extra’s editor…
Milan Malpensa airport passenger numbers up 8.6pc in first six months of 2026
Milan Malpensa handled 11,590,437 passengers in the first half of 2026 The airport achieved a…
ANALYSIS: How Europe’s hotel developers are turn to conversions rather than new-builds
Hotel investment is shifting away from new builds to remodelling existing spaces. Across Europe the…
ANALYSIS: IAG and Lufthansa trim capacity while Ryanair and Wizz Air expand
IAG and Lufthansa are scaling back planned capacity for the final quarter of the year.…
AirNav Ireland director discusses record traffic levels and future recruitment
Around 95pc of people travelling to and from Ireland do so by air. AirNav Ireland…
ANALYSIS: How river cruise companies are responding to low water levels on the Danube and Rhine
Low water levels on the Danube and Rhine has impacted river cruise companies sailings and…
ANALYSIS: TCS and Rolls-Royce breakthrough in hydrogen-powered aviation, is this the moment the carbon besieged planet is waiting for?
TCS and Rolls-Royce have reported a breakthrough in hydrogen-powered aviation. Is this the moment the…
How August 12 2026 changed the face of eclipse tourism
It was not the easiest eclipse to see to an international tourist, but it has…
ANALYSIS: Eclipse fever grips Spain,but what about ICELAND?
The first flights of absence-of-sun worshippers departed Dublin and other European cities yesterday evening, bound…
RED horizons, ÚRdhúbhadh & BLACK hours: Solar eclipse in our history & culture
When Belinda Crawford of Kilkerrin, County Galway, Ireland, died in 1812 at the age of…
ANALYSIS: Sweet music, the economics of Belfast’s biggest-ever edition of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann
”They came from the North and they came from the East From the West and…
ANALYSIS: How record-low Danube levels are disrupting European river cruises
Prolonged drought and successive heatwaves have pushed water levels on the Danube to record lows,…
ANALYSIS: Disappearing June, is the heat forcing Europeans to change their holiday habits?
European travel habits are changing, driven by economic pressures, rising costs, and the earlier heat…
ANALYSIS: Where is Tourism Australia bringing its much envied national brand?
Tourism Australia has a track record of getting its tourism strategy horribly wrong. Remember “where…
ANALYSIS: Is the heat beginning to cool Ireland’s holiday romance with the Mediterranean?
Italy has put al of its cities under the highest heat alert as temperatures soar.…
ANALYSIS: Dublin airport passenger cap saga is FAR from over
The legislation has been passed, President Connolly has signed it into law, but the saga…