ANA rethinking A380 for long haul, What’s next for US Airways now that United is in bed with Continental, Ireland closes airports due to volcanic ash
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Ireland
In October, I wrote that Ryanair was threatening Shannon airport with extinction. The airport and its biggest customer were at loggerheads over a new $15 departure tax. Ryanair threatened to leave if the tax was not removed. The tax stayed and Ryanair is basically leaving.
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Canadian’s make it a law that the medically overweight and the disabled who need a caregiver get an extra seat for free. Chicago woman fights overbilling of Irish rental car and wins. Some baggage theft reporting timeline rules seem awfully strict.
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In a move that will hopefully boost their position as transatlantic hubs, both Shannon and Dublin Airports in Ireland will be the first airports outside of the Americas to offer full U.S. immigration checks before departure.
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It’s fairly common to read in the papers that airline companies in the United States are outsourcing jobs, especially maintenance, overseas. What is rare, however, is when a European airline wants to outsource jobs to the United States, which is what Aer Lingus wants to do.
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