Filed Under (cork airport) by admin on 30-01-2009
Ryanair has come under scrutiny for imposing extra wheelchair charges. It is believed that Ryanair could be gaining as much as one million euro a year from the charge. All money from these charges should be passed on to the Dublin Airport Authority.
In July the DAA brought in a 33 cent fee for all departing [...]
Filed Under (cork airport) by admin on 15-01-2009
The DAA (Dublin Airport Authority) has predicted a drop of between three and four percent in passenger numbers for the coming year at Cork Airport, Dublin Airport and Shannon Airport.
Passenger numbers at all three airports have dropped in the last three months. There was a big drop in numbers at Shannon Airport in 2008 due [...]
Filed Under (Car Hire Stories) by admin on 14-01-2009
A new trend seems to be emerging in Ireland this year. Rather than buying cars, Irish companies are choosing to rent.
Car sales are down a massive sixty four percent on this time last year however rental car numbers have risen by twelve percent. In the first five days of the New Year, 9390 new vehicles [...]
Filed Under (cork airport) by admin on 13-01-2009
The DAA (Dublin Airport Authority) plans to save another twenty million euro in 2009 on top of the fifteen million which has already been scheduled to be cut. The cuts have been deemed necessary due to the projected decrease in passenger numbers in the next two years.
Vincent Wall of the DAA has yet to confirm [...]
Filed Under (Car Hire Stories) by admin on 12-01-2009
A lot of mornings I wake up needing a strong coffee in order to fuel myself but I was surprised to read recently that I may soon be able to use coffee to fuel my car.
Research at the University of Nevada – Reno has shown that it is possible to get oil from old coffee [...]