Aviation High-stakes Aer Lingus pay talks mirror wider industrial tension across aviation sectorAirlines are dealing with wage demands driven by the rising cost of living as carriers experience strong post-pandemic growth and staff shortages
Aviation Shares rise in Aer Lingus owner IAG as it mulls 2024 dividend pay out Sources familiar with the matter say shareholders could receive remittance before the end of the year
Aviation Aer Lingus and pilots ‘remain in discussions’ over pay disputeAirline met with Ialpa, the pilots union, on Wednesday, but failed to reach an agreement
Companies Aer Lingus issues fresh warning to pilots over plane delivery amid pay disputeThe company and the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association are due to come before the Labour Court on pay on April 22
Aviation Ryanair takes legal action against An Bord Pleanála The airline is in dispute over the decision to allow Aer Lingus to challenge the building of a new hangar at Dublin Airport
Aviation Pilots accuse Aer Lingus of stoking ‘fear, uncertainty and doubt’ amid escalating pay rowUnion has criticised airline after it wrote to pilots warning that its parent IAG will not invest further unless it acceps a controversial pay deal
Aviation Aer Lingus awarded Dublin Airport ground handling contract for all IAG flightsThe contract covers British Airways, Iberia Express and Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling
Aviation Willie Walsh: Airlines must ‘push back’ against criminalisation of accidents after Boeing door blowout US Justice Department has convened a grand jury as part of its ongoing criminal investigation into the Boeing mid-air accident
Aviation Emerald Airlines pilots overwhelmingly back deal for 10% pay riseSome 97% of union members voted in favour of the agreement - which includes staggered pay increases over three years
Aviation Simon Harris ‘instinctively supportive’ of lifting Dublin Airport passenger cap Fine Gael minister said there was a ‘strong case’ for raising the cap, citing concerns for the future of the economy
Comment Ian Guider: Zealots against Dublin Airport expansion are anti-touristAdditional tourism and airport expansion are badly needed for this island on the edge of Europe
Aviation Dublin Airport cap row deepens as Ryanair and Aer Lingus issue fresh warningsBoth Michael O’Leary and Lynne Embleton have said that jobs, future investment and economic growth are at risk
Aviation IAG threatens to pull investment and planes from Aer Lingus unless pilots accept pay deal Luis Gallego, chief executive of International Airlines Group, said the gap between Aer Lingus and its pilots was extreme
Aviation Aer Lingus-owner IAG reports record earnings of €3.5bnThe group reported underlying operating profits of €3.5 billion for 2023 as revenues surged to just under €30 billion
Aviation Aer Lingus sends staff costs warning as airline posts €225m profitThe airline posted a fourfold increase in profits last year as it fully recovered from the worst impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic
Aviation Aer Lingus pay talks with pilots break down 98 per cent of pilots who are union members voted against the pay deal
Aviation No opt out option for aviation industry in reducing emissions - Eamon RyanEnvironment minister’s comments come after Dublin Airport operator launched new sustainability initiatives
Aviation Aer Lingus demand interim increase to 32 million passenger cap at Dublin AirportAirline blasts DAA’s failure to lodge application before last December
Aviation Irish travellers face disruption as German airport strike cancels hundreds of flightsSecurity workers at most of Germany’s major airports walked out on Thursday in a one-day strike to step up pressure in a pay dispute
Aviation Rejected 8.5% pay hike for pilots took into account previously agreed conditions, Aer Lingus claimsThe airline is pushing back after its 8.5 per cent pay bump was resoundingly defeated by the pilots’ union