Iberia

Aer Lingus says pay row will hit hiring plans for pilots

Airline meets trade union as it says diversion of new planes to other IAG airlines could see it hire 80 fewer pilots

Tue Apr 02 2024 - 19:26

Aer Lingus-owner IAG shares surge on better-than-expected summer results

Group expects expects operating profit to be in the region of €1.2bn for three months to end of September

Thu Oct 13 2022 - 15:41

Aer Lingus owner IAG to order 50 Boeing 737 Max jets

Group plans to use the Max 10s on short-haul routes

Thu May 19 2022 - 10:27

Aer Lingus aims to break even in 2022 as IAG hails ‘strong return’ of business travel

Irish airline’s owner becomes latest aviation group to signal recovery from pandemic

Fri May 06 2022 - 07:45

Aer Lingus considers further State loans as losses hit €347m

Airline expects to offer 90% of pre-pandemic seat by the summer

Fri Feb 25 2022 - 18:02

Aer Lingus parent IAG considering asset disposals to raise cash

Airline group working with advisers on a strategic review of its portfolio

Thu Feb 24 2022 - 17:54

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Wed Jan 12 2022 - 06:00

Aer Lingus owner signs deal for sustainable fuel

Sustainable aviation fuel forms part of plans to cut emissions

Wed Nov 10 2021 - 12:43

Discount retailer Primark plans aggressive US expansion

Company intends to grow its number of stores from 13 to 60 over the next five years

Tue Nov 09 2021 - 10:32

Strong earnings and M&A activity push European stocks higher

Airline stocks fare well as UK eases restrictions on travel from US and EU

Mon Aug 02 2021 - 18:25

Aer Lingus parent IAG still struggling with pandemic fallout

Part of IAG’s problem is that much of its business is long-haul travel, where many restrictions still apply

Sat Jul 31 2021 - 06:15

Aer Lingus may seek second State loan as it records €192m operating loss

IAG interim results show passenger revenue during six months to June 30th slid to €33m

Fri Jul 30 2021 - 19:41

Irish air travel lags Europe with just 313 flights on Sunday

Total left the State at number 23 in Europe, behind Montenegro

Mon Jul 12 2021 - 18:27

Markets retreat as fears over renewed quarantines bite

Fears that efforts to reopen European travel could slow send Ryanair shares lower

Mon Jun 28 2021 - 19:44

‘We don’t play games with people’s livelihoods’

Interview: ‘It’s been one hell of a year,’ says Lynne Embleton, chief executive, Aer Lingus

Fri Jun 25 2021 - 12:30

Oireachtas group seizes high moral ground with Aer Lingus chiefs

Politicians critical of aviation contraction, but supportive of Government travel curbs

Wed Jun 23 2021 - 06:00

Ryanair doubling capacity to 1.3m seats per week in Europe but not expanding in State

Bank of America says seats available from European airlines may reach 80% of 2019 levels

Wed Jun 02 2021 - 05:35

Aer Lingus has ‘too many resources’ amid Covid pandemic, airline warns

British Airways and Iberia owner posted an operating loss of €1.14bn in the first quarter

Fri May 07 2021 - 17:40

Covid stopped my Trim homecoming and spared my mother’s blushes

Mexico to Meath cunning plan to beat US travel ban fell apart when I got virus

Fri Apr 16 2021 - 20:00

IAG agrees $1.8bn credit facility secured against London landing rights

Owner of Aer Lingus, British Airways and Iberia burning through €185m a week

Tue Mar 23 2021 - 16:41

Aer Lingus-owner IAG to raise $1.2bn survival bond

Airline group says money will help support it if the pandemic-driven travel downturn lasts longer than expected

Thu Mar 18 2021 - 18:49

Aer Lingus job losses could reach 600 amid Covid restrictions

Airline has 1,000 fewer employees than it would have had without Covid, says CEO

Fri Feb 26 2021 - 16:08

Lynne Embleton to become CEO of Air Lingus

Interim role-filler Donal Moriarty to be succeeded by former chief of IAG

Thu Feb 25 2021 - 21:37

Aer Lingus owner IAG cuts Air Europa deal to €500m

Airline group had originally agreed to pay €1bn in November

Wed Jan 20 2021 - 07:23

Business travel: ‘We don’t know how many people will choose to fly’

Business travel can generate as much as 75% of airlines’ revenues on some flights

Thu Jan 14 2021 - 17:24

Aer Lingus to start selling tickets for transatlantic flights out of UK

Airline requests authorisation to commence selling flights to US from Manchester

Mon Jan 04 2021 - 05:20

Aviation had a tough 2020 - and next year remains uncertain

A key question now is: when does the industry start climbing out of this trough?

Wed Dec 30 2020 - 07:00

Aer Lingus gets go-ahead for transatlantic joint venture

Carriers claim addition of airline could generate $96m in annual consumer benefits

Tue Dec 22 2020 - 11:08

Pandemic drives down price IAG set to pay for Air Europa

Covid legacy may be an acceleration of consolidation of Europe’s airlines

Sat Dec 19 2020 - 06:38

IAG to buy Air Europa for heavily discounted €500m

British Airways parent had originally agreed to purchase airline for €1bn

Fri Dec 18 2020 - 10:57

Willie Walsh appointed head of the International Air Transport Association

Prospect of a vaccine means Irish man could become public face of industry’s recovery

Tue Nov 24 2020 - 21:09

Covid jab: Ryanair will not ask for proof of vaccination within EU

Aer Lingus says it believes a rapid antigen-testing regime ‘is the most appropriate solution’

Tue Nov 24 2020 - 11:00

European markets retreat as vaccine optimism effect dissipates

AIB sheds 2.04% to €1.298 but Bank of Ireland inches 0.77% up to €2.63

Tue Nov 17 2020 - 18:40

Aer Lingus owner IAG slashes costs to survive Covid chaos

Company calls on governments to adopt pre-departure Covid testing

Fri Oct 30 2020 - 09:15