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The Irish arm of WH Smith posted record sales last year of €53.68m

Irish arm of WH Smith boosted by Irish writers

Best-selling books by Irish writers, Paul Lynch, Paul Murray and Claire Keegan helped the Irish arm of retailer WH Smith to record sales last year of €53.68m.

Business • 08 Apr 24

The judge adjourned the action to a date in October

Court action over airport noise level issue in plan

Two environmental protection groups have launched a High Court challenge aimed at overturning the Minister for Housing's direction that measures to mitigate noise levels generated by aircraft at Dublin airport be removed from Fingal Co Council's development plan.

Business • 20 Sep 23

Unions are yet to decide when strikes will take place, but warned they were likely to be during the peak summer holiday period

BA's Heathrow staff vote to strike over pay dispute

British Airways workers based at London's Heathrow AIrport have voted to strike in a dispute over pay.

Business • 23 Jun 22

Frankfurt airport's operator said it had introduced an "extremely moderate" increase in fees

Ryanair to shut its base in Frankfurt

Ryanair will shut its base in Frankfurt from March 31 and shift the five aircraft it has stationed there elsewhere, it said, citing high airport fees.

Business • 07 Jan 22

Ireland West Airport-Knock saw passenger numbers plummet by 90% during the busy summer period due to the pandemic

Ireland West Airport-Knock expects €4m loss for 2020

Ireland West Airport Knock expects revenues to tumble by €11m this year and record losses of €4m due to the impact of Covid-19.

Business • 03 Nov 20

Many airports had cut costs and taken on debt in order to deal with the impact of Covid-19, according to ACI Europe

193 European airports 'at risk of insolvency'

Nearly 200 European airports risk insolvency in the coming months if passenger traffic does not recover, a trade association has warned, as nations contemplate further lockdowns to combat a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

Business • 27 Oct 20

Passengers arriving into Ireland are given information about self-isolating for 14 days

Third of passengers did not give quarantine details

The Department of Justice has said that more than a third of passengers arriving at Dublin Airport and a quarter of those coming in at Dublin Port who were asked to self-isolate did not respond to follow-up check calls.

Coronavirus • 07 May 20

DAA staff to move to four day week and have pay cut

The operator of Dublin and Cork airports has told staff that they are to be put on a four day week from April 26.

Business • 09 Apr 20

Dr Okan Yurduseven wants to to develop a more effective solution which would also cut waiting times

Research aims to cut airport security check times

Airport security queues could be cut following research carried out by Queen's University.

Ireland • 16 Jan 20

Prime Time - Airport Runway, Facebook Feed, Carillion

Dublin Airport is getting a new runway, but not everyone is happy about it. A discussion on what we should be allowed to see in our Facebook feed. And Rita O'Reilly meets the small businesses left high and dry by the Carillion collapse.

Prime Time • 24 Aug 18

Airlines will have to provide advance passenger information to authorities here and in other EU countries

Proposals on counter-terrorism legislation approved

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has said the Government has approved his proposals on counter-terrorism legislation, which will require details of passengers on flights entering or leaving the State.

Ireland • 04 Feb 18

Reports of four-hour long queues at immigration in some European airports

Passengers affected by security delays in EU airports

The European Commission has said that any delays at European airports due to stricter security checks are the responsibility of member states.

Europe • 01 Aug 17

Personal electronic devices set to become the focus of enhanced airport screening

US unveils enhanced airport security rules

The US has announced it would implement tough new security rules for all airlines flying into the country, but held off from a threatened expansion of its carry-on laptop ban.

US • 29 Jun 17

It was the first time anywhere in the world that such a trial has been done

Remote tower technology trialled at airports

Aircraft movements at multiple airports across Ireland could in future be controlled remotely by a single air traffic controller in a control tower at another airport, following the successful trial of remote tower technology.

News • 02 Feb 17

The remote tower technology has the potential to save aviation authorities and airlines money, the IAA says

Remote control tower technology tested

Aviation authorities in Ireland have been trialling technology which enables air traffic controllers at a central control room in Dublin to remotely provide services to aircraft landing and taking off at Cork and Shannon airports.

Technology • 30 Jun 16

A row over security delayed the reopening of the airport

Brussels Airport set to reopen after security row

Brussels main airport is likely to reopen on Sunday after police and the government resolved a dispute over security following the 22 March bomb attacks.

News • 01 Apr 16

Almost 10.4m Indians arrived at Dubai last year, a 17% rise from 2014

Dubai is busiest airport for international travel

Dubai International remained the world's busiest airport for international travel last year with a 10.7% rise in passenger numbers, its operator has said.

Business • 01 Feb 16

The most severe delay occurred on the August bank holiday weekend

Lengthy delays at Dublin's passport control

Passengers arriving into Dublin Airport have had to wait for up to an hour to get through immigration and one senior civil servant warned it was leading to a negative passenger experience.

News • 16 Mar 15

Many airports that received EU investment fell significantly short of passenger forecasts

EU 'wasted millions' on airport investments

The European Union has wasted tens of million of euro on out-of-the-way, underused airports, an auditors' report has said.

Business • 16 Dec 14

Ryanair will run 16 routes through the base - including a daily service to Dublin

Ryanair to open new base in Bratislava

Ryanair has announced plans to open a new base at Bratislava in Slovakia from March 2015.

Business • 13 Nov 14

All incoming flights to the airport were suspended

Luton Airport reopens after evacuation

The terminal building at Luton Airport, north of London, has been reopened after it was evacuated earlier when a suspicious item was found.

News • 08 Sep 14

Ryanair adds 12 new routes from Stansted from next summer

Ryanair to launch 12 new routes from Stansted

Ryanair has announced new routes from the UK for next summer.

Business • 21 Nov 13

Fighting halts flights into Damascus

Syrian forces have bombed rebel targets close to the Damascus airport road and a regional airline said the violence had halted international flights to the capital.

News • 30 Nov 12

Off-duty pilot helps land plane at Dublin Airport

Lufthansa has confirmed that an off-duty pilot stepped in to help land a plane being diverted to Dublin Airport, after the co-pilot fell ill.

News • 20 Nov 12

London needs four runway airport - study

Britain needs to build a four-runway airport in west London or north of the city if it wants to compete with other European hubs, according to a report by UK think tank Policy Exchange.

Business • 05 Oct 12

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