Transportation in Ireland
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AUSTRIA, 2013/08/11
Scandinavian airline Norwegian Air Shuttle is seeking the go-ahead from regulators to establish its long-haul subsidiary in the Republic.
The airline, known as Norwegian, was reported before this year to have been considering a number of locations, inclunding the Republic, for a proposed long-haul subsidiary to get around costly regulations in its homeland.
Spokesman Lassek Sandaker-Nielsen confirmed yesterday it is in talks about the possibility of obtaining an Irish Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) for the new business. However, Mr Sandaker-Nielsen insisted that “this is not the same as opening an operational base”.
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IRELAND, 2013/04/28
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IRELAND, 2013/02/01
The European Union's top court has ruled that low-budget carrier Ryanair of Ireland has to pay additional compensation to passengers stranded during the 2012 volcano eruption in Iceland. It had so far refused a lot of claims.
The European Court of Justice on Thursday ruled that Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair must compensate additional passengers who couldn't reach their destinations on schedule because of the 2010 eruption of an Icelandic volcano spewing a massive cloud of ash for several days and crippling aviation.
