2012 The Year of European Airline Consolidation ©

This year is certain to be one of consolidation in the European airline sector as the industry is continually being buffeted by events as the European debt crisis continues with record unemployment levels and austerity depressing demand across the EU, the

Irish Airlines Report December Traffic ©

Aer Lingus announced that it carried 638,000 passengers in December up 13% with a load factor of 68.4% down 6.2%. The airline carried 64,000 long-haul passengers down 5.9% with a load factor of 69.5% down 7.1% on capacity up 5.6%, and

Happy Christmas to all my readers

     I would like to wish all my readers a Very Happy Christmas and Prosperous 2012                                                                     

Germanwings Irish Promotional Video ©

Germanwings is promoting ‘The Green’ tourist product of Ireland, following on its announcement on the 19th of September it was increasing capacity on the Cologne/Bonn-Dublin route by 25% for Summer 2012 with an additional weekly frequency being added to the schedule,

Irish Airlines Report November Traffic ©

Aer Lingus announced that it carried 768,000 passengers in November up 8.8%, with the airline carrying 75,000 long-haul passengers up 4.2% with a load factor of 75% up 3.1%. The airline carried 624,000 short-haul passengers up 7.4% with a load factor

The tale of two airports: Charleroi Vs Cork ©

  Charleroi Airport The Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary “Airports are in competition with each other across Europe. Ryanair doesn't really care whether the airport is in Charleroi, Barcelona or Manchester" (IN FOCUS: Changing role for airports 25th November). The Ryanair

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