# air-travel - Thursday 19 May, 2022
# Travel
An analysis by The Journal has found that ministers emitted 406 tonnes of CO2 equivalent between them last year. The final figure is an under-reporting of the true number because multiple departments did not release full data. Details released also show that eight ministers used public transport at least once in 2021.
# air-travel - Monday 16 May, 2022
# Turbulent Times
# Turbulent Times
The low-cost airline said it hopes to return to profitability in the current financial year,
# air-travel - Sunday 23 January, 2022
# Ghost Flights
# Ghost Flights
Misleading headlines about Lufthansa flying thousands of empty planes have been reported in recent weeks.
# air-travel - Monday 27 December, 2021
# Grounded
# Grounded
The Irish airline is liaising directly with affected customers.
# air-travel - Sunday 5 December, 2021
# Travel
# Travel
Ireland is exempt from further rules on testing announced yesterday for people travelling to the UK.
# air-travel - Tuesday 28 September, 2021
# Taking Off
# Taking Off
The investment will restore all the company’s pre-pandemic capacity at Cork from December.
# air-travel - Monday 6 September, 2021
# Dublin Airport
# Dublin Airport
Almost 1,260,000 people passed through the airport last month.
# air-travel - Monday 26 July, 2021
# Air Travel
# Air Travel
The announcement came as the company reported a loss of €273 million.
# air-travel - Tuesday 29 June, 2021
# Air Travel
# Air Travel
A report from the European Court of Auditors said many passengers were forced to accept vouchers for cancelled flights.
# air-travel - Tuesday 22 June, 2021
# Air Travel
# Air Travel
The airline’s CEO and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer appeared before a committee this morning.
# air-travel - Wednesday 9 June, 2021
# Ryanair
# Ryanair
The Competition and Markets Authority will investigate whether consumer laws were broken during the pandemic.
# air-travel - Monday 17 May, 2021
# Travel Restrictions
# Travel Restrictions
Michael O’Leary said he’s “very optimistic” for the next few months.
# air-travel - Thursday 15 April, 2021
# Air Travel
# Air Travel
Airlines don’t agree, they argue that filters and air-flow systems on most planes make them safe when passengers wear face masks.
# air-travel - Wednesday 14 April, 2021
# Air Travel
# Air Travel
All routes in and out of Ireland saw a drop of 91% at the end of 2020.
# air-travel - Thursday 7 January, 2021
# Air Travel
# Air Travel
The airline expects to carry under 1.25 million passengers this month.
# air-travel - Friday 25 December, 2020
# CDC
# CDC
Airlines must deny boarding to any passenger who does not get a test, US authorities said.
# air-travel - Monday 7 December, 2020
# ECDC
# ECDC
The chief medical officer said the advice was still to avoid non-essential air travel this Christmas season.
# air-travel - Sunday 25 October, 2020
# Air Travel
# Air Travel
The outbreak occurred despite low levels of occupancy aboard the flight from the Middle East to Ireland during the summer.
# air-travel - Thursday 22 October, 2020
# Travel
# Travel
Cabinet agreed to align Ireland with the EU traffic light system.
# air-travel - Thursday 15 October, 2020
# Air Travel
# Air Travel
Michael O’Leary said the cuts to its bases had been “forced upon us by government mismanagement of EU air travel”.
# air-travel - Monday 12 October, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The updated list comes into effect from today.
# air-travel - Thursday 24 September, 2020
# Air Travel
# Air Travel
The new Green List will contain Cyprus, Finland, Latvia and Liechtenstein.
# air-travel - Thursday 17 September, 2020
# Green List
# Green List
The Department of Foreign Affairs provided an update on the new Green List countries this afternoon.
# air-travel - Tuesday 15 September, 2020
# Living With Covid
# Living With Covid
The government provided details on the new arrangements for air travel at a press conference today.
# air-travel - Monday 14 September, 2020
# Aviation
# Aviation
CEO Eddie Wilson urged the Irish government to adopt the European Commission’s new system of colour coding.
# air-travel - Wednesday 9 September, 2020
# Leo Varadkar
# Leo Varadkar
Leo Varadkar told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that Ireland may lose travel connectivity “for up to 4 years” if “strict” travel rules are not relaxed.
# air-travel - Friday 4 September, 2020
# Travel
# Travel
Ministers are concerned Ireland has the most restrictive travel rules in Europe in the run up to Christmas.
# air-travel - Monday 27 July, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Passenger numbers at the airline fell by 99% during its first three months of the year.
# air-travel - Thursday 2 July, 2020
# Green List
# Green List
Air bridges with other countries will be discussed by the Cabinet next Monday.
# air-travel - Wednesday 24 June, 2020
# Cabinet
# Cabinet
The recommendation will go before Cabinet ministers tomorrow.
# air-travel - Tuesday 23 June, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
Varadkar also cautioned about lifting air travel restrictions during the interview.
# Passports Ready
# Passports Ready
A final report from the Taskforce for Aviation Recovery is due on 10 July.
# air-travel - Tuesday 16 June, 2020
# Travel
# Travel
Airlines said they will be “vigorously” enforcing face covering policies throughout the Covid-19 crisis.
# air-travel - Saturday 30 May, 2020
# Debunked
# Debunked
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary made a number of claims about Covid-19 and air travel on radio this week.
# air-travel - Thursday 28 May, 2020
# Survey
# Survey
Ryanair said that customers “will be refunded in due course, once this unprecedented crisis is over”.
# air-travel - Monday 18 May, 2020
# Turbulent Times
# Turbulent Times
The low-cost airline is preparing to lose €200 million in the first quarter as a result of Covid-19.
# air-travel - Wednesday 29 April, 2020
# Hot Air
# Hot Air
A joint letter has called on the commission to temporarily change the law around airline refunds.
# Nosedive
# Nosedive
Yesterday, Aer Lingus and British Airways-owner IAG revealed plans to make up to 12,000 workers at the airline redundant.
# air-travel - Friday 6 December, 2019
# Travel Chaos
# Travel Chaos
Irish passengers face flight disruptions as French workers continue industrial action.
# air-travel - Friday 12 April, 2019
# Travel
# Travel
Over 40,000 people are expected to benefit from this change in legislation.
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