According to the Irish Aircraft Authority, the ‘administrative sanctions’ are part of the air navigation bill currently before the Dáil

The airline group said passenger revenues were down 90 per cent compared with the same period last year.

Eddie Wilson says the Irish government should set airport charges at zero for the next 12 months to secure connectivity because, as an island, Ireland needs connectivity ‘more than anywhere else’

The company is examining three options for its Shannon base. The first is to restructure its Irish operations, the second is to close down the plant altogether and the third is to sell the business.

Adoption of EU’s digital green certificate from tomorrow and extra safeguards at airports are likely to fuel customer confidence for the beleaguered sector

It’s not only about tourism: from Donegal to Kerry to Shannon, industries and services are worrying about a loss of connectivity to and from the United States and Europe

The digital cert is fine for a sun holiday on the continent but until we reopen the common travel area with Britain and transatlantic travel, the airline’s losses will continue to mount

Move follows intense pressure on government from an aviation sector haemorrhaging millions due to the pandemic

Shannon Chamber is seeking €32 million a year to keep regional airports afloat

Aer Lingus boss to tell transport committee that Ireland’s travel restrictions represented a ‘critical risk’ to jobs and connectivity

Lufthansa Technik is carrying out a strategic review of its Shannon operations which could result in the business being sold or closed down

Stobart, which operates all regional flights for Aer Lingus across Ireland and the UK, said the funding for a recent takeover announcement had fallen through and the firm was now insolvent.

Rapid test providers say staycations won’t save Irish businesses dependent on international tourism

Edoardo Mercadante of Parvus has grown his holding to nearly 5 per cent of the airline, now tipped to be one of the winners from post-Covid consolidation of the sector

Aer Lingus and Ryanair say that instead of a new tariff, governments should support carbon reduction technologies

Minister for Transport welcomes decision by International Civil Aviation Organisation after Belarusian authorities grounded plane to arrest journalist

Minister for Transport says grounding of plane in Belarus to arrest journalist was ‘unacceptable’ and ‘endangered the lives of passengers and crew’

Grounding of flight in Minsk to arrest a journalist was ‘contrary to any sense of human decency or democratic values,’ Micheál Martin says

Government decisions on mandatory quarantine, as well as the possibility that US authorities may open up to transatlantic flights from Britain first, could lead to the relocation of Aer Lingus services out of Ireland

The airline lost €815 million in the year to the end of March but bookings have rocketed in anticipation of an easing of travel restrictions, most of its fleet is free of debt, and last Tuesday it engaged in a €1.2 billion bond sale