02.11.2023 - 12:04 UTC
Flight restrictions at Dublin International may force Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin International) to add more capacity out of its UK base at Manchester International, according to Chief Executive Officer Lynne Embleton.
Speaking during a recent IAG International Airlines Group 3Q23 earnings call, she expressed frustration over the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) having requested Aer Lingus to reduce its ad-hoc flights from Dublin next year so the airport does not exceed its annual passenger limits. "We don't find it acceptable at all that we would be asked to curtail from 2% of our flying at the same time as the airport encouraging and marketing themselves at various routes conferences," Embleton was quoted by Ireland's national Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).
According to the report, Dublin Airport is approaching its maximum limit of 32 million passengers annually, and while it seeks to raise the cap, it is discussing ways to avoid breaching it in the interim.
Embleton stressed that scheduled flights would not be affected and that negotiations with the DAA would continue through 2024....
10.10.2023 - 07:57 UTC
IAG International Airlines Group is in talks with Airbus and Boeing about an order for at least 20 widebody jets to replace some of the B777s operated by British Airways, Bloomberg has reported citing inside sources.
Talks are at an early stage and the potential order announcement is not imminent, the report said.
The ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows that the British carrier operates forty-three B777-200ERs, which are 23.6 years old on average, and a much younger subfleet of sixteen B777-300(ER)s, which are only 9.1 years old on average. The carrier's widebody fleet also comprises sixteen A350-900s (two more on order), twelve A380-800s, twelve B787-8s, eighteen B787-9s, and seven B787-10s. It has a further eleven B787-10s and eighteen B777-9s on firm orders from Boeing.
IAG's widebody fleet also comprises A330-200s and A330-300s operated by both Iberia (including under the LEVEL brand) and Aer Lingus, and A350-900s at Iberia.
02.10.2023 - 07:51 UTC
The United Kingdom's competition watchdog is resuming a longstanding investigation into a transatlantic partnership between American Airlines, members of IAG International Airlines Group (British Airways, Iberia, and Aer Lingus), and Finnair in the context of post-Covid recovery in the aviation sector.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on September 28 announced that the renewed probe into the Atlantic Joint Business Agreement (AJBA) between the five airlines will run until March 2024. It is liaising with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) but has stressed that no assumption should be made that the AJBA infringes UK competition law. Under the agreement's terms, the five airlines agreed not to compete on routes between the UK and the US.
The investigation dates back to 2018, when the CMA first launched a competition probe into the partnership, in line with a similar inquiry by the European Commission between 2009 and 2010. Following the EU probe, Brussels accepted 10-year binding commitments from the parties to address competition concerns on six UK/European-US routes: London-Boston, London-...
11.08.2023 - 12:07 UTC
Dublin International airport operator Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has welcomed a decision by Ireland’s High Court to pause a local council order that would have forced it to limit night-time flights from September pending a full hearing on the matter.
The DAA’s challenge legal against the enforcement order will be heard next on November 14, the court’s website showed.
“While today’s decision does not solve the underlying planning issues, it is a pragmatic decision while we focus on maintaining vital international air connectivity,” DAA CEO Kenny Jacobs said on the day of the ruling, August 8. “Balancing the needs of a major international airport like Dublin with the needs of local communities and residents is always a delicate matter, but one we take extremely seriously.”
Pressured by local residents who said their health was being affected, Fingal County Council had given the authority six weeks to comply with planning rules for a second runway capping the total number of incoming and outbound flights at 2300L (2200Z) and 0700L (0600Z) at 65. Ryanair (FR, Dublin...
