Vueling

Ryanair rejects €108m fine for cabin luggage fees among other practices

Five budget carriers deemed to have violated customer rights with various practices in ruling seen as challenge to business models

Fri Nov 22 2024 - 09:59

‘Our travel nightmare began’ with a malfunctioning check-in machine in Barcelona airport

Pricewatch: It resulted in stress, missed flights and expense but the airline’s ‘rude’ response was unforgiveable

Mon Sept 02 2024 - 06:00

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 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

Vueling to launch winter flights from Cork and Dublin airports

Spanish low-cost carrier’s move a boost to ailing air travel

Thu Sept 30 2021 - 18:33

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

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

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

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

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

Just four countries remain on green list: Where do we stand with travel now?

As countries enter and leave the travel green list and airlines call for less restrictions, some passengers are still awaiting flight refunds

Thu Sept 24 2020 - 08:11

Air travel never going ‘back to way it was’

Willie Walsh points out that all loans to airlines will have to be repaid

Tue Sept 22 2020 - 19:29

Aer Lingus owner IAG launches discounted rights issue to raise €2.7bn

Shareholders can apply for three new shares for every two they currently hold

Thu Sept 10 2020 - 15:39

Aer Lingus owner set to raise up to €2.5bn with share issue

Sources say IAG will raise the cash to keep the business afloat and avoid a bailout

Fri Jul 24 2020 - 16:15

Unions to question Aer Lingus over potential future jobs cuts

Carrier says business will be 20% smaller leading to speculation of 900 job losses

Tue May 12 2020 - 21:14

Aer Lingus unions to learn of planned job cuts

Speculation has centred on 900 redundancies possibly being sought

Thu May 07 2020 - 21:02

Fears over Aer Lingus jobs as British Airways seeks 12,000 redundancies

‘A matter of time’ before Irish airline seeks cuts after owner IAG reports €535m loss

Tue Apr 28 2020 - 21:25

Coronavirus: How the Covid-19 crisis may reshape air travel

Amid the easing of some restrictions, airline industry faces continued turbulence

Fri Apr 10 2020 - 05:31

Airline stocks bear the brunt of Covid-19 volatility

American airline United says demand for flights to China down ‘approximately 100%’

Sat Feb 29 2020 - 05:06

Qatar Airways boosts stake in Aer Lingus-owner IAG to 25%

New $600m stake in airline group advances strategy of building a global portfolio of international carriers

Wed Feb 19 2020 - 08:57

Luis Gallego: Who is the new boss of IAG - and ultimately Aer Lingus?

Passionate Real Madrid began his career training officers in the Spanish air force

Fri Jan 10 2020 - 13:33

IAG agrees to pay €1 bn for Spanish carrier

Aer Lingus-owner plans to close acquisition of Air Europa by end of next year

Mon Nov 04 2019 - 07:20

Aer Lingus owner to slow growth in short-haul flights

IAG chief Willie Walsh said that the move is being considered in light of “macro economic” weakness in Europe

Thu Oct 31 2019 - 18:49

Ryanair appoints Eddie Wilson as CEO of airline

Michael O’Leary will remain as overall chief executive of group holding company

Fri Aug 30 2019 - 18:04

Aircraft lessor in compensation talks with Boeing over Max 8

Gecas has order for more than 170 planes of type grounded following fatal crashes

Fri Jun 21 2019 - 07:46

Aer Lingus given six months to fix Brexit EU ownership issue

Aer Lingus and Spanish carriers Iberia and Vueling are owned by UK holding firm IAG

Thu Feb 21 2019 - 11:22