Irish Aviation Authority

Aer Lingus boosts winter schedule

Irish carrier flying to Malta, Marrakesh and Seville and boosts services to Faro, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Nice Izmir, Alicante and Athens

Airlines seek Dublin Airport growth despite passenger cap

Airport operator DAA says real demand is currently approaching 35 million passengers a year

Dublin Airport may be restricted to 14.4m passengers in winter

Ryanair warns such a move would hit those travelling over Christmas, midterms and for sports events

Increase in jamming of Irish flights’ GPS systems blamed on Russia

Phenomenon has increased markedly in recently months after thousands of incidents near Baltic and Scandinavian states

Atlantic Aviation Group to hire 30 trainees as business expands

The Shannon-based company employs 600 people in the Republic and a 150 in England

Dublin Airport fined €10m for dirty toilets and security queue waiting times

Regulator also awards €3.4m service bonus, leaving €6.7 million net fine for cleanliness and security queues among other issues

Consumer complaints: Who do you call when things go wrong?

‘Pricewatch receives more complaints about travel than any other area, although telecoms come close’

Flight cancelled? Here’s what you can do - and what your airline must do

Don’t expect compensation for storm-enforced disruptions, but you are entitled to a refund or rerouting, and perhaps ‘care and assistance’

Potential freeze on private business jets at Dublin Airport would ‘greatly hinder’ foreign direct investment in Ireland

Aviation source says while a private jet cap may have the appearance of simply inconveniencing ‘fat cats’, they are often those critical to commercial operations in Ireland

Drone delivery services for Dublin suburbs expected to be licensed in early 2024

January marks implementation of inbuilt tracking systems for machines, enabling identification of devices via apps

Regulator must approve any change to Dublin Airport take-offs - AirNav chairman

New air navigation chairman addresses Oireachtas committee for first time

Air travel poised to surge next year, AirNav boss says

Peter Kearney, chief executive of AirNav Ireland, says plan to unify Europe’s air traffic control will happen

UL governing authority member resigns in bid to break impasse over election of new chancellor

Proposed candidate Rose Hynes failed to reach two-thirds majority needed among governing authority members

Ireland needs strong regulation, but we have too many regulators

Planning system needs to take into account national interest and can’t be a Nimby’s charter

Airport chaos across Europe: Know your rights if your flight is delayed or cancelled

All you need to do if things have gone wrong or if you think things are about to go wrong

Clonmel crash: Investigation begins into use of drone near site of crash that killed four

Irish Aviation Authority says drone could have hindered the emergency response that was under way at time of incident

Regulators find no evidence of Dublin Airport security deficiencies following whistleblower claims, DAA says

Irish Aviation Authority investigation finds no evidence of deficiencies

CHC Ireland fails to win new coast guard helicopter service contract

Government to offer search-and-rescue aviation contract to Bristow Ireland Limited in deal worth €670m

Antidrone technology to be deployed at Dublin Airport in weeks, says DAA

Staff have been trained in using measures, and the DAA is awaiting regulatory approval

Irish airline ASL gets commercial drone permit

Dublin-based airline plans to begin flight tests within weeks

Dublin Airport to co-operate with any investigation following whistleblower’s allegation over security

Employee claims lapse in staff training standards had resulted in ‘below par’ security screening at the airport

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