Aer Lingus

Qatar Airways | August 01, 2016

Qatar Airways raised its stake in Aer Lingus and British Airways owner IAG to 20 per cent, taking advantage of a drop in the company’s stock price since the Brexit vote last month. Qatar Airways, which increased the holding from 15.7 per cent as of July 28th, does not plan to add to the stake, the company said in a statement on Monday....

British Airways | August 02, 2016

Airlines across Europe have tempered investor expectations recently, with many warning they will earn less profit later this year than expected. Some are reporting lower demand for tickets, mostly because of terrorism concerns, as well as fallout from the UK’s plans to leave the European Union. Carriers have also faced operational difficulties from a rash of air traffic controller strikes and unusually bad weather....

SunExpress | October 21, 2016

Aer Lingus and SunExpress are both evaluating which maintenance tasks can be moved from C checks to line maintenance to decrease aircraft downtime. “We have dedicated systems engineers and line maintenance technicians who are looking at each Boeing task card,” and evaluating which ones make sense to move to from a C check to line maintenance based on things such as tooling, manpower and transfer costs, says Cemil Sayar, SunExpress technical director, who is speaking at Aviation Week&...

Flightglobal | September 24, 2018

Aer Lingus in early 2019 will roll out a refreshed brand and begin a three-year process of repainting its fleet, changes that align with the carrier's acquisition of new Airbus narrowbodies, says Aer Lingus chief executive Stephen Kavanagh.As part of the rebranding, the airline will also outfit crew with new uniforms, Kavanagh says on 24 September.Our current livery and uniform have been in service for close to 25 years. Our business has changed and we have to take the opportunity to moderni...