Ireland-based budget airline Ryanair has posted profits of €374 million (£325 million) for the past year. The figure marks an impressive rise of 23%, however the carrier has warned that there would be no such rise in 2012 due to sky-high fuel costs and a lack of capacity growth. An official statement said the current [...]

Extra charges added to the price of airline tickets could soon be banned by the European Commission as it undertakes a comprehensive review of passengers’ rights. The EC is reacting to a raft of complaints made by watchdogs and customers about the level of airline surcharges. Consumer guardian Which? has contacted the Office of Fair [...]

Low-cost airline Ryanair has announced that it will be introducing a process which will allow passengers to reserve their favourite seats. The Dublin-based airline said it will be testing the new facility on flights between Ireland and Gatwick and on services to Malaga. Those wishing to select their seats will be able to do so [...]

The European Commission has been asked to insist that airlines adhere to equality rules as an increasing number of passengers who use a wheelchair are not being allowed onto flights. The matter came to a head recently when Shuaib Chalklen, a disability rights monitor for the UN, was told he would not be allowed to [...]

EasyJet will reinstate its Glasgow to Amsterdam this autumn. The budget airline had cancelled the route five years ago but announced this week that it will resume on the 31st of October and will have a capacity of about 85,000 seats every year. The expansion will bring EasyJet’s current number of routes from Glasgow airport [...]

Legislation which protects passengers if their flight is grounded is to be reviewed by the European Commission. Vice President Siim Kallas announced the decision to re-examine regulation 261 after increased pressure from the aviation industry. The law states that if a plane is grounded then a passenger holding a ticket for that flight is allowed [...]

Ryanair has announced that it will not be flying to and from Trapani airport in Sicily for the foreseeable future because the Italian military has commandeered it as a base. The airport will be used as a springboard for operations in Libya and will now be the home of Eurofighter and F-16 jets. The budget [...]

Like many carriers across Europe, Aer Lingus announced that 2010 saw a return to profit, but that the coming year is bound to be a challenging one. The Irish flag carrier managed to turn round a loss of €130 million during 2009 to report that it made €47 million in 2010. It managed this even [...]

Holidaymakers preparing to get away to Europe in the summer will be pleased to learn that, for the second year in a row, the average price of a budget hotel room has dropped in many countries. Travellers planning a getaway this summer will also be able to take advantage of the low fares being offered [...]

More than 100 students from Belgium were removed from a plane due to fly them home from the Canary Islands. According to Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair, police were forced to intervene after some of the students objected to the excess fee they were being charged to take their hand luggage onto the aircraft. Others were [...]