Dublin Airport celebrated the opening of its new northern runway on Wednesday 24 August. The first flight to use the new runway was flight FR1964 to Eindhoven, operated by Ryanair’s 737 MAX 8-200 (registration EI-HAW), which departed at 12:10 local time, according to flightradar24.com. Construction of the 3,100-metre runway began in 2016 and was mostly […]
August 25, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Emerald Airlines (IATA code EA) became Ireland’s newest airline when it operated its first flight (on behalf of Aer Lingus Regional) on Saturday 26 February between Dublin and Donegal (IATA code CFN which represents the nearby town of Carrickfinn) in the north-west of Ireland. The 225-kilometre route will be operated 2-daily by the carrier using […]
March 1, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis
On the morning of Saturday 12 June, Stobart Air (IATA code RE) announced that it was suspending all services with immediate effect. Established as Aer Arann as long ago as 1970, the airline changed its name to Stobart Air in 2014. In recent times the airline had been operating as a franchise carrier for Aer […]