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SIPTU claims DAA employees will come out with worse pension entitlements than Aer Lingus members of the scheme

SIPTU not recommending acceptance of DAA proposals

SIPTU's Pensions Committee at the Dublin Airport Authority has told the company that it will not recommend acceptance of pension restructuring proposals to address as €750 million deficit in the joint Aer Lingus/DAA pension scheme.

News • 06 Nov 14

SIPTU represents around 1,600 of the 1,700 DAA employees belonging to the scheme

SIPTU committee at DAA rejects pension proposals

SIPTU's pensions committee at the Dublin Airport Authority has decided to reject proposals aimed at resolving the €750m deficit in the Aviation Pension Scheme which the DAA shares with Aer Lingus.

News • 23 Jul 14

The expert panel was investigating how to plug the €780m deficit in the pension scheme

Panel: DAA & Aer Lingus should boost pension fund

The expert panel examining the aviation pension dispute has recommended that the DAA and Aer Lingus should substantially increase their capital injections.

News • 16 Jun 14

Staff are said to be furious after Aer Lingus reportedly refused to release officials from normal duties

SIPTU officials boycott pension talks

SIPTU representatives at Aer Lingus have boycotted a meeting this afternoon with the expert panel appointed by the Government in a bid to resolve the complex dispute over the €780m deficit in the aviation pension scheme.

News • 01 Apr 14

SIPTU's strike action was expected to disrupt flights at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports

SIPTU aviation strike averted after court ruling

The threat of widespread disruption to air passengers over St Patrick's weekend has been averted after the High Court ruled a stoppage on Friday cannot go ahead.

News • 12 Mar 14

The planned action arises from a dispute over proposed cuts in pension benefits

Mandate withdraws from DAA industrial action

The retail union Mandate has withdrawn from Friday's threatened industrial action at the Dublin Airport Authority.

News • 10 Mar 14

Representatives from Aer Lingus met members of the expert panel this afternoon

Injunctions sought to prevent SIPTU strike action

Dublin Airport Authority and Ryanair have been granted leave to seek an injunction against SIPTU to prevent the union from taking industrial action at Dublin and Cork airports next Friday.

News • 08 Mar 14

SIPTU workers at Aer Lingus and the DAA are to strike on Friday 14 March

SIPTU action at Aer Lingus/DAA will go ahead

SIPTU has said it will not lift the industrial action planned at Aer Lingus and the Dublin Airport Authority for 14 March, but will engage with the expert group set up to investigate the pensions dispute.

News • 04 Mar 14

SIPTU plans a four-hour stoppage on 14 March

Aer Lingus to engage with panel in pensions row

Aer Lingus has said that it is prepared to engage with an expert panel appointed to investigate a pensions dispute, which has sparked the threat of industrial action next week.

News • 03 Mar 14

Aer Lingus is understood to have ruled out increasing its offer of a €110 million lump sum to offset pension benefit cuts

Strike notice served over Aer Lingus pension row

Travel plans for air passengers face disruption next month after SIPTU served notice of industrial action at Aer Lingus, the Dublin Airport Authority and the Shannon Airport Authority.

Business • 04 Mar 14

SIPTU has threatened to take strike action from the middle of March at both the DAA and Aer Lingus

DAA rules out further funding in pension dispute

The Dublin Airport Authority has ruled out increasing the funding it is prepared to pay to resolve the row over the massive deficit in its pension scheme.

News • 26 Feb 14

Aer Lingus staff warned over rejection of pension scheme restructuring plan

New warning over Aer Lingus pension deficit

The trustees of the joint Aer Lingus/Dublin Airport Authority pension scheme have warned that if a draft funding proposal to restructure it is not approved, members could face even bigger reductions in benefits.

News • 20 Feb 14

Workers and pensioners at Aer Lingus among those affected by new proposal

Proposal to cut pensions at Aer Lingus, DAA, SAA

Workers and pensioners at Aer Lingus, the Dublin Airport Authority and the Shannon Airport Authority are set to have their pensions cut under a new proposal to resolve the deficit in their joint pension scheme.

News • 15 Feb 14

DAA staff voted 94% in favour of industrial action in the SIPTU ballot

SIPTU staff at DAA vote for strike action

Dublin Airport Authority staff belonging to SIPTU have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a long-running dispute over their pension scheme.

News • 10 Feb 14

Transatlantic traffic - and passengers flying to and from the Middle East - rose by 13% in 2013

Dublin Airport sees 6% rise in passenger numbers

More than 20 million people flew through Dublin Airport last year, a 6% increase on the number of people using the airport in 2012.

Business • 13 Jan 14

Unions want Aer Lingus to inject a larger amount of cash to underpin the restructuring of the pension scheme

Aer Lingus rules out further pension deficit funds

Aer Lingus has confirmed to the trustees of its pension scheme that it will not make additional funds available to plug a deficit in excess of €750m.

News • 18 Oct 13

More than 1,748,000 passengers flew between Dublin and North America in 2008 – the highest number currently on record

DAA expects 1.8m transatlantic passengers in 2013

A record 1.8 million passengers are expected to have flown between Dublin and North America by the end of the year, according to the Dublin Airport Authority.

Business • 05 Sep 13

Two former directors of Shannon have called on the Government to allow Shannon to hold onto the profitable Aer Rianta International

Shannon Airport will be independent of DAA

Shannon Airport will become independent of the Dublin Airport Authority on New Year's Eve.

News • 30 Dec 12

Dublin Airport braced for busy Christmas period

The Dublin Airport Authority expects 620,000 people to go through the airport from today until 2 January.

News • 20 Dec 12

Shannon Airport is to be separated from the DAA at the end of the year

Up to 1,000 jobs expected for Shannon

Up to 1,000 jobs in the aviation sector are expected to come to Shannon as it prepares to become a totally independent airport by the end of the year.

News • 04 Dec 12

Government to separate airport authorities

The Dublin Airport Authority has notified unions that the Government intends to separate Shannon Airport from the Dublin Airport Authority on 31 December 2012.

News • 01 Dec 12

Redundancy terms for Shannon staff agreed

Aer Lingus has agreed redundancy terms for maintenance staff at Shannon as the airline moves to consolidate its maintenance operation in Dublin.

Business • 29 Nov 12

Industrial action at Aer Lingus may be averted

Industrial action at Aer Lingus on 19 November may be averted following a joint ICTU/IBEC initiative aimed at resolving the row over pensions.

News • 09 Nov 12

Aer Lingus unions plan two-hour stoppage

Unions representing the majority of workers at Aer Lingus are to serve notice of a two-hour stoppage on Monday 19 November.

News • 30 Oct 12

Threat of industrial action at Aer Lingus

Industrial action looks increasingly likely at Aer Lingus after the breakdown of talks aimed at addressing a €750m deficit in the pension scheme.

News • 30 Oct 12