#irish-airspace

#irish-airspace

The new checks, part of the EU's new Entry/Exit System (EES), collect digital personal records of third country nationals travelling to the Schengen area and replace the manual stamping of passports.

Red line services will be partially suspended between the Red Cow and Tallaght/Saggart on Saturday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday due to engineering works. Trams will operate between The Point/Connolly and the Red Cow, with replacement bus services running every 15 minutes in affected areas.

A pilot at Aer Lingus threatened to go on hunger strike unless the airline disclosed information about alleged toxic fume incidents and agreed to pay him €3 million.

Officials from the Department of Energy are meeting daily as the Iran war drives up the price of fuel. A public awareness campaign is urging citizens to 'save energy, save your pocket.'

The idea is to prevent visitors overstaying; the consequence is a 70% increase in security processing times, according to the trade body Airports Council International.

The long-awaited government move to scrap the cap at Dublin Airport has little immediate impact on leisure travellers but will incense environmental groups, some locals and even farming bodies whose members resent being told to cut their emissions.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has announced the cancellation of 1,000 flights in April alone and many other major European airlines have announced cancellations or route cutbacks.

The monster winter storm is expected to converge with bitter Arctic cold and engulf much of the US this weekend from the Rockies to the eastern seaboard. Forecasters are expecting heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain, accompanied by dangerously frigid temperatures, to sweep the eastern two-thirds of the nation, threatening to upend travel and spawn widespread power outages. Snow has already fallen over parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas in a frosty prelude to the winter storm.

A Eurowings spokesperson told Business Insider that its owner, the Lufthansa Group, decided not to fly over Iranian or Iraqi airspace as a precautionary measure. They added that the refueling stop was "due to a longer flight distance and stronger headwinds on the alternative route at the time." "In the event of such refueling, we inform our passengers accordingly before departure in Dubai," they said.

A Dublin Airport worker has failed to get the High Court to restore his security clearance after it was removed over his alleged "ability to facilitate nefarious activity" allegedly because he made a video in support of Gerry "the Monk" Hutch's election campaign.

While we expect Dublin Airport to be fully operational on Tuesday, some disruption to flight schedules is possible due to weather issues at other airports. Airlines have already cancelled 8 flights scheduled for Tuesday, including three return services between Dublin and Amsterdam and one return service between Dublin and Brussels. Further disruption is possible. As always, passengers should contact their airline directly for the latest updates regarding the status of their flight,

In response, the EC is unveiling its EU Action Plan aimed at countering the increasing threat to EU states from remotely operated aircraft. This is described as an ambitious blueprint for stronger EU cooperation and solidarity, aimed at boosting detection capability, coordinating responses, and strengthening the region's defense readiness. The EC's report notes that drones are evolving rapidly, with advances in speed, range, and payload, plus other aspects such as resistance to electronic countermeasures. Anti-drone systems must therefore keep pace with these developments.