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Dublin Airport's July Passenger Numbers Hit Record High

Almost 3.5 million passengers travelled through Dublin Airport in July, making it the busiest month in the airport's 79-year operating history. Passenge...

Air France-KLM's July Passenger Numbers Rise 1.8%

Air France-KLM SA has announced that it carried approximately 10 million passengers in July of 2019, which is a 1.8% increase on the figure for t...

Dublin To Host World Library And Information Congress 2020

With support from Fáilte Ireland, the Library Association of Ireland has been successful in its bid to bring the World Library and Information Congr...

Ireland Named A "Most Promising Overseas Destination" In China

Ireland has won a "most promising overseas destination" award at a travel summit in China. The award was presented to Tourism Ireland at the V...

IAG Profit Propelled By North American Tailwind

Growing revenues in North America and an easing in fuel cost growth have helped Aer Lingus owner International Airlines Group (IAG) to exceed profit f...

Ryanair's July Traffic Grows 9% To 14.8m Customers

Ryanair has released its traffic statistics for July, revealing that the company's total traffic grew 9% to 14.8 million customers from 13.6 million in Jul...

Portugal Tourism Growth Slows Sharply As Fewer Brits visit

The number of foreign tourists who travelled to Portugal rose 7.5% to 22.8 million visitors in 2018, which was a sharp slowdown from a nearly 17%...

Ryanair's UK Pilots Vote To Strike Later This Month

Members of Ryanair's British pilot union have voted in favour of strike action later this month in a dispute over working conditions, the British Airl...