Iseq makes small gains as BofI surges 5.5% - Irish Times
Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:30Aer Lingus was also under pressure as a result of the publication of weaker air traffic figures for June, though its share price closed rather flat at 72 cent. The airline carried 925000 passengers last month, down 1.7 per cent on the same month last ...
Interview: Aer Lingus chief executive Christoph Mueller - Flightglobal
Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:09This took in senior positions at Daimler Benz and Lufthansa before Sabena, and as aviation director at pan-European leisure airline group TUI Travel before taking the Aer Lingus role. So what does he take with him from these experiences? ...
Costly buyout blunders are familiar territory for our biggest businesses - Irish Independent
Sun, 26 Jun 2011 04:04With the European Union having blocked the intended takeover, the Aer Lingus share price has collapsed -- leaving the Ryanair stake with a value of just €115m. The epic takeover battle for ferry company Irish Continental was one of the business stories ...
Aviation: Climbing through the clouds - The Economist
Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:35However, the European Commission has blocked purely national mergers between Ryanair and Aer Lingus, in Ireland, and Olympic and Aegean, in Greece. The big limitation of the open-skies arrangement was that it left in place the 25% limit on foreigners' ...
European turmoil weighs on ISEQ - Irish Independent
Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:24Kerry Group added 1.83pc to close at €29 despite the UK Office of Fair Trading announcing it will investigate the company's merger with Headland Foods. Aer Lingus added 3.92pc, while First Derivatives soared 10pc to €6.60. ...