TODAY’s headlines on TRAVEL Extra, Ireland’s leading source of travel Information HERE are ALL the flights to be trimmed by Aer Lingus this summer due to maintenance reschedule ‘Why jet fuel supply issue is UNLIKELY to cause flight cancellations for Ryanair’ – Michael O’Leary Dubli...

Today’s headlines on Travel Extra
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Whats happening #AerLingus ?, I'm hearing that 150 hopefull cabin crew have had their training ended early with no jobs.These young folk have already paid for their medicals & US visas. Some only got a few days notice of their fate
Apparently the company "over hired"
#AerLungusCC

Aer Lingus cuts number of flights from summer schedule A number of Aer Lingus flights have been cancelled from its summer schedule due to "mandatory maintenance on aircraft", the airline has said, adding that the "vast majority of customers" are being acc...

#AerLingus cuts number of flights from summer schedule

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Summer disruption as over 500 flights cancelled The fuel price hike has affected not only those on the ground but also airlines as several flights will be cancelled this summer.

Summer disruption as over 500 flights to be cancelled by #AerLingus

#Travel #TravelIreland #AerLingusDisruption

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Good news for members of the #AerLingus frequent flyer programne #Aerclub

90 years ago, on 15th April 1939, #AerLingus was founded with a capital of £100,000

The name #AerLingus was proposed by Richard F O'Connor, who was County Cork Surveyor, as well as an aviation enthusiast

The first flight was operated by a 6 seat de Havilland DH.84 Dragon to Bristol
#avgeek

Perth, Australia to Dublin, Ireland for only $1374 AUD roundtrip Cheap flights from Perth, Australia to Dublin, Ireland for only $1374 AUD roundtrip with Malaysia Airlines and Turkish Airlines.

#Perth, Australia to Dublin, Ireland for only $1374 AUD roundtrip with Malaysia Airlines & Turkish Airlines #Travel

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SHANNON Airport (EINN/SNN) - "GOODBYE" Runway 06/24, "HELLO" Runway 05/23 - Irish Skies Pod YouTube video by Irish Skies Pod

Another gem from #IrishSkiesPod and a great informative watch

The re-designation of Rwy 06/24 at #ShannonAirport to Rwy 05/23 has been DEFERRED until 11th June 2026.

You can still watch the original full documentary on the 61 year history of Rwy 06/24 here

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMLY...

Left image is existing booked flight, right image is from the Aer Lingus website showing seat prices

The #AerLingus conundrum ...

Note the seat cost difference to check in online and the guidance on the website

#travel #AerLingus #Paxex

‘Disproportionate and very short-notice’ – Lufthansa hit by one day pilots strike
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Aer Lingus Airbus A321 departing Dublin Airport

Today will see the start of a new #AerLingus route between #DublinAirport and #RaleighDurham in North Carolina

The route will operate 5 days a week, Mon , Tue , Thu , Fri & Sun

DUB-RDU 1530 / 1855
RDU - DUB 2025 / 0845

#travel #Ireland

The #UnitedAirlines flight #UA4203 from Shannon to Newark is diverting back to #ShannonAirport

STS133 Discovery launches from Cape Canaveral to resupply the International Space Station in 2011

As NASA #Artemis11 makes its way to the #DarkSideOfTheMoon ,I recall 2011 and my visit to #CapeCanaveral to see the launch of #STS133 Discovery for the last time to re-supply the International Space Station

Discovery was the 3rd from last Shuttle mission before the programme ended

🔥 Melbourne or Sydney, Australia to Dublin, Ireland from only $799 AUD roundtrip Cheap flights from Melbourne or Sydney, Australia to Dublin, Ireland from only $799 AUD roundtrip with Etihad Airways.

🔥 #Melbourne or #Sydney, Australia to Dublin, Ireland from only $799 AUD roundtrip with Etihad Airways #Travel

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Someone in CENTCOM must be thinking the same. There's a crazy amount of footage of MQ-9s, fighters, CSAR HC-130s and HH-60Ws over Iran the last hour or so. The kind of equipment one would need for searching for downed air crew.

Incredibly dangerous moment for these pilots.

Marsh to the Skies - Shannon Airport 1945-1995 YouTube video by Irish Skies Pod

Another superb video from #IrishSkiesPod covering the history of #ShannonAirport from 1945-1995

I highly recommend it for anyone interested in the development of Shannon ,the early Bilateral agreement between the US & Ireland, Aeroflot , Shannon Duty free and more

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDK9...

The Flightradar24 Gulf airline recovery index charts the daily status of Gulf airline flight operations. This week, Etihad is making big moves. www.flightradar24.com/blog/aviatio...

1946 saw the very first #SAS flight from Stockholm to New York. To mark the 80th anniversary of the Scandinavian airline , the company have had one of their Airbus A330 aircraft painted in a special livery by #iac_ltd
at #ShannonAirport

My thanks to Adrian Kissane for his pic

Dublin Airport 1960 - 61 YouTube video by Willie van velzen

For #ThrowBackThursday / #tbt lets go back to #DublinAirport
1960-1961 and some interesting video footage

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eQZ...

March '26 saw Ryanair carry 15.8M passengers compared with 15.0M pax in March '25 , an increase of 5%

Total passengers carried from Mar 25 - Mar 26 was 208.4M, an increase of 4% over the preceding 12 months.
Load factor remained at 94%
#Ryanair

1st April 2026 ., Dublin Airport , Irelamd

Noted arriving at Dublin Airport was Qatar Airways flight QR17 from Doha.

Prior to today, the last QR17 flight to arrive from Doha was on February 28th
#QR17 #QatarAirways #DublinAirport

Good news for Ireland as China Eastern Airlines, announces the first-ever direct connection between Dublin and Shanghai
#China #ChinaEastern #Shanghai

www.westernpeople.ie/new-direct-d...

Some lounge news for #DublinAirport

The 51st & Green lounge after USCBP in Terminal 2 reopens today , Tuesday 31st March

The newly named #PhoenixLounge in Terminal 1 opens on 16th April

#Paxex #DublinAirport

I understand the first #AerLingus aircraft to become operational with #Starlink will be Airbus A330 registration #EIEIN

It is scheduled to operate the Aer Lingus flight #EI105 today to New York JFK
#avgeek #paxex

I'm heading to London for a short trip and am in the #AerLingus lounge at #DublinAirport

The food offerings are ok, only hot choice is soup, but the spirits choice is excellent
#paxex

A view of Nagano JR station and the Hotel Metropolitan. The station looks like it has been clad in materials that are supposed to look traditional like Wood and lanterns. There is a bus terminal just outside.

Looking in the opposite direction from underneath the station’s wooden Support beams. A Starbucks cup sits on the table and beyond it there are buses and hotels.

Starting off with my traditional matcha-and-two-shots before a #TransitAdventure today in #Nagano!

Nagano itself is a fascinating small city and well worth a visit — super easy from #Tokyo — but retro train fans in particular are *exceedingly* well served…

#JohnDoesJapan

Live pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme for the #DublinAirport ( passenger capacity ) bill 2026

www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...

Having departed #DublinAirport at 9PM last night, Sunday 15/3, The #emrtaes flight #EK164 with 172 passengers onboard was over Egypt when it turned around and returned to Dublin due to Dubai airspace closure.
The flight landed back at Dublin at 7:10AM this morning

Let us not forget, on this night 8 years ago ( 14th March 2017 at 0045 ) A Sikorsky S92 of the Irish Coast Guard crashed off County Mayo with the loss of 4 lives

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anam

#Rescue116 #R116 #EIICR

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