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Long-haul fliers spurn Aer Lingus

09.11.09
Aer Lingus, which fought off an acrimonious takeover bid from Ryanair, today said revenues fell 10% in the past three months compared with the same time last year ... more

The Kroes UK’s banks have to bear

04.11.09
The High Street is about to undergo radical change… all thanks to a feisty woman in Brussels ... more

Aer Lingus wields job axe

07.10.09
A day after British Airways boss Willie Walsh picked a fight with unions by axeing 1700 cabin crew, his old airline Aer Lingus revealed plans for proportionately larger jobs carnage: slashing one in six of the workforce ... more

Aer Lingus' leap in losses could usher in Ryanair

27.08.09
A massive shake-up at Aer Lingus could yet see the Irish flag carrier end up in the hands of Ryanair ... more

Ryanair in a profits surge but it warns on high taxes

27.07.09
Low-cost airline Ryanair announced a sixfold rise in first-quarter profits but warned that crippling tourist taxes and lower ticket prices mean its full-year profits will be at the bottom end of City forecasts ... more

Aer Lingus to axe US 'unsustainable' routes

12.06.09
The boss of Aer Lingus has admitted the full-service, long-haul airline business model operated by the likes of it and British Airways is bust ... more

Ryanair boss in £16m sale

08.06.09
Michael O'Leary, if no one else, will now be able to afford to go to the loo on his own Ryanair planes - millions of times over, in fact - after today announcing five million shares in his airline ... more

Latest news: First ever loss at Ryanair

02.06.09
Ryanair posted its first-reported annual loss, after a €222.5 million write down in the value of its stake in rival Aer Lingus was compounded by higher fuel bills ... more

Ryanair triumphant as it eyes profits of 'up to £260m'

02.06.09
Ryanair declared itself the undisputed champion of the European airline industry today, saying it will deliver profits of up to £260 million this year while the likes of British Airways will lose hundreds of millions of pounds... more

Aer Lingus boss in departure lounge after board putsch

06.04.09
Aer Lingus was plunged into further crisis as the former state-owned airline said its chief executive will be leaving immediately... more

Take the Forbes Rich List with a big dose of salt

13.03.09
The annual Forbes list of the richest people in the world is published and it is treated as gospel. Yet closer examination reveals all manner of imperfections... more

Ryanair boss lashes Aer Lingus over 'lies'

11.03.09
A huge airline row broke out as Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary accused the board of Irish rival Aer Lingus of lying to its investors... more

BA suffers worst winter as City flyers go economy

06.02.09
Aviation: British Airways is having its worst-ever winter, losing up to £3million a day - nearly £20million a week - as passengers refuse to pay its high fares to fly first or business class... more

Aer Lingus dives on Ryanair bid collapse

23.01.09
Shares in Aer Lingus crashed almost 15% after Ryanair's second hostile takeover move for its rival Irish airline in two years collapsed in acrimony... more

Hard to ignore Rogers’ bearish view of Britain

23.01.09
What to make of investment guru Jim Rogers’ damning of Britain’s faltering economy?... more

Ryanair in Aer Lingus ultimatum to government

16.01.09
Transport: Ryanair gave an ultimatum to the Dublin government: back our takeover of Aer Lingus or give up a €190 million windfall and the chance to create 1000 jobs in the beleaguered Irish economy... more

Row over Aer Lingus chief’s ‘failure bonus’

05.01.09
Aviation: Aer Lingus has been challenged to explain a £2.6 million bonus reportedly granted to chief executive Dermot Mannion.... more

Ryanair bid fightback by Aer Lingus

22.12.08
Aer Lingus accuses Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary of "threats, contradictions and insinuations" as the war of words in the Irish airline takeover battle takes to the air... more

Anglo Irish Bank reels as bosses quit over loans scandal

19.12.08
Investors left reeling after chairman Sean FitzPatrick used the firm as an €87 million (£81 million) piggy bank... more

Join up to stave off the recession

03.12.08
It seems an age ago that Tony Blair promised us joined-up government, and while it was obviously a rash thing to promise it is nevertheless disappointing to see that every year seems to take us further away from, not nearer, the goal. ... more

Marks lacks spark with its ‘20% off sale’

02.12.08
Just how smart a move is the one-day Marks & Spencer 20% off promotion?... more

BA in a bid to merge with Qantas as air crisis grows

02.12.08
Aviation: British Airways reveals audacious plans for a merger with the Australian airline Qantas... more

Ryanair gets new Aer Lingus bid off ground

01.12.08
Aviation: Plans for a pan-European Irish airline to take on British Airways, Lufthansa and Air France were unveiled as Ryanair relaunched its takeover bid for Aer Lingus... more

Airline boss comes out fighting in the battle for third runway

19.11.08
Interview: BA’sWillie Walsh is set on bringing Heathrow’s capacity problems in for a smooth landing... more

BA wings clipped after a savaging by Citigroup

07.10.08
Shares of British Airways today tumbled a further 10p to 135p — their lowest since the post-9/11 aviation slump of March 2003... more

Chequered history of bust airline's boss

12.09.08
The boss behind the biggest collapse in the holiday industry declared himself bankrupt just three months ago... more

EasyJet passengers up 23 per cent in August

05.09.08
EasyJet said it carried 4.5million passengers last month, showing that there are few signs of customers deciding to stay home this summer... more

BP could be in for a rough ride with Todd

04.09.08
Initial excitement at BP’s St James’s headquarters over the Republican Party’s choice of Presidential running mate has quickly subsided... more

'Teflon Willie' survives the turbulence over Terminal 5

16.05.08
In his flying career at Aer Lingus Willie Walsh can recall only two hairy moments when engine failures put his skills and training to the test. Fortunately both had happy endings... more

Is this man to blame for the Terminal 5 fiasco?

01.04.08
It may be very difficult for any major new project to avoid teething troubles, but in his reaction to the Terminal 5 shambles the boss of British Airways scored three major own goals ... more

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