# air-travel - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Flight EI168 left Dublin at 3pm – but was back after 15 minutes after striking a flock of birds.
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# air-travel - Monday 6 May, 2013
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The handlers were caught red-handed on secret recordings – in some cases violently breaking cases open.
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# air-travel - Thursday 25 April, 2013
The airline says increasing losses – of €45.5 million in the first quarter of 2013 – highlight the need to cut staff.
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# air-travel - Monday 22 April, 2013
Dozens of flights to and from Ireland and the UK have been affected, with Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf and Hamburg airports all targeted by the strikes.
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# air-travel - Thursday 18 April, 2013
The heavy winds made it impossible for some flights to land – meaning some aircraft are not present to take flights.
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# air-travel - Friday 5 April, 2013
Passenger figures increased by 4.3 per cent on March 2012, the airline has said.
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# air-travel - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Just under 1.6 million passengers travelled through Dublin Airport last month according to figures published by DAA.
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# air-travel - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
Samoa Air, which operates only two small aircraft, will ask passengers to pay fares based on their weight.
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# air-travel - Thursday 21 March, 2013
The Shannon to Alicante service has not operated since 2010.
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# air-travel - Tuesday 19 March, 2013
The airline has signed an agreement to order 175 new Boeing 737-800 planes which will be delivered over five years.
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# air-travel - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Reclining, dining and snoozing – it’s a minefield up in the air…
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# air-travel - Monday 11 March, 2013
Flight operations were briefly suspended to allow de-icing; passengers should expect delays in both arrival and departure.
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# air-travel - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Aer Lingus has flown nearly 1.3 million passengers so far this year.
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# air-travel - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
The European Commission has now officially confirmed a decision that had been expected. Ryanair said immediately it will appeal the rejection of its third bid for Aer Lingus.
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# air-travel - Sunday 24 February, 2013
…But is it fair to use it?
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# air-travel - Sunday 27 January, 2013
It could improve commercial aircraft efficiency within a decade.
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# air-travel - Thursday 10 January, 2013
An extra 360,000 passengers used Dublin Airport last year with an increase of 420,000 in international passengers.
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# air-travel - Monday 7 January, 2013
New traffic statistics for Aer Lingus show that the airline flew 734,000 passengers in December 2012.
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# air-travel - Sunday 23 December, 2012
Spuds, glorious spuds, stood in for people in on-board tests.
# air-travel - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
But was he checking whether passengers’ bags fitted in the gauge?
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# air-travel - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
There were increases in short and long haul passengers when compared to figures from last year.
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# air-travel - Sunday 14 October, 2012
Experiment for Discovery Channel aims to understand what it takes to survive an air crash.
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# air-travel - Monday 8 October, 2012
More than 1.8 million passengers travelled through Dublin last month, an increase of 7 per cent on 2011.
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# air-travel - Thursday 4 October, 2012
Long-haul and regional services have seen decent growth, but the numbers taking short-haul flights with Aer Lingus have fallen.
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# air-travel - Saturday 22 September, 2012
The airlines said the agreement will make travel between the two countries easier with customers using a single electronic ticket to travel.
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# air-travel - Thursday 20 September, 2012
Irish and Spanish aviation and transport authorities met yesterday to discuss the airline’s safety standards.
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# air-travel - Tuesday 18 September, 2012
An Irish delegate gave its assurances to Spain about the oversight of Ryanair’s operations.
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# air-travel - Saturday 8 September, 2012
One member of the cabin crew sustained what is believed to be a broken ankle after the plane hit turbulence on its way to Dublin Airport last night.
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# air-travel - Friday 31 August, 2012
Undelivered post thought to have come from an Air India plane crash in 1966.
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# air-travel - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
Two F16s were scrambled to escort a flight to the ground after its pilot failed to make contact with the ground.
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# air-travel - Tuesday 28 August, 2012
The sold-out game kicks off on Saturday at the Aviva.
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# air-travel - Sunday 26 August, 2012
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
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# air-travel - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
An inquiry has been launched into how cabin crew failed to notice the woman on board during the plane’s stopover.
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# air-travel - Monday 20 August, 2012
Visa Europe has been crunching the stats on travel bookings – and compiled this list of the ten most regular destinations.
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# air-travel - Thursday 2 August, 2012
While overall level of complaints fell in 2011, the Commission for Aviation Regulation says number coming under its responsibility grew.
# air-travel - Tuesday 31 July, 2012
Corporate letter to airline’s shareholders urges them to reject takeover bid by rival Ryanair.
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Airline’s results for the first half of this year show increased passenger levels and total revenue.
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# air-travel - Monday 30 July, 2012
Airlines have reached a new interline and code-share agreements to expand route choices for their customers.
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Chief Executive Michael O’Leary said the airline still expected to grow its traffic for the full year by 4 per cent.
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# air-travel - Thursday 5 July, 2012
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Clouds limiting sun
Max: 13 °C
Min: 3 °C
Mostly cloudy with afternoon rain
Max: 15 °C
Min: 7 °C
Intervals of clouds and sunshine
Max: 17 °C
Min: 9 °C
