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Aer Lingus announced this week plans to cut six hundred and seventy six jobs by 2011. The move is being made in order to reduce yearly operating expenses by ninety seven million euro.

At present Aer Lingus employs three thousand and nine hundred people. They have stated that they believe the majority of lay offs will be on a voluntary redundancy basis. They added however that the cuts would be made on a compulsory basis if unions were not agreeable.

SIPTU spoke out against the cuts today labeling them “draconian”. Speaking on behalf of SIPTU Gerry McCormack believed the decision to be an overreaction to the current economic climate. The association will hold meetings next week with shop stewards to discuss the matter further.

Aer Lingus believe that they must “fundamentally change” their work practices with pay cuts of ten percent being sought on salaries over thirty five thousand. They added that further cuts may be necessary if the plan is not working out as 2011 looms closer.

The busy summer months have now passed as the majority of us face into the last few months of the year perhaps with one eye already on the Christmas season. For others however the summer was all work and no play so they are now looking to finally get away for a much needed holiday.

There are plenty of advantages to taking a holiday in October. For one you can expect to pay less for everything from transport to accommodation. Due to low demand hoteliers are keen to fill rooms and offer excellent package deals at this time of year.

Airlines are also offering cheap flight at this time keen to at least fill seats so as they can make some money rather than have them empty. You will also notice that there is an excellent choice of rental cars at Dublin Airport. The high demand of the summer season is over meaning superb options at low prices.

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There was a fifteen percent overall drop in traffic at Dublin Airport in August. The news has again prompted Ryanair to call for an end to the government imposed ten euro travel tax this despite Ryanair recording a nineteen percent increase in traffic compared to the same month last year.

This added up to one million more passengers for Ryanair. They claim the drop in passenger numbers overall at the airport was due to the tax. They claim under current projections Dublin Airport could lose three million passengers by this time next year.

Speaking on behalf of Ryanair Stephen McNamara believe that the Irish Government must look to the examples set by the Dutch and Belgian Governments who dropped similar taxes.

He forecasted more job losses for the Irish tourism industry unless corrective measures were taken.

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Ryanair has come in for some strong criticism from the Consumers Association of Ireland due to increases in their baggage check in charges which are due to come into place in October. The new charges mean that the cost of checking in a bag will rise by fifty percent and the fee for a second bag could rise by as much as a whopping two hundred and fifty percent.

Online baggage check in will increase by five euro while checking in a bag at the airport will increase by ten euro.  The cost of carrying sports gear will go up by ten euro for online check ins and also for Airport check ins. There is also an increase in the excess weight charge rising by five euro per kilo.

Speaking on behalf of the Consumers Association of Ireland, Dermott Jewell stated that the new charges “beggared belief”. He went on to stress the effect these costs would have on hard hit families. He believes many things described by Ryanair as optional are in fact necessities.

Ryanair pointed to the fact that it is still free for passengers to bring on hand luggage weighing less the ten kilograms. It was also noted that fares have dropped by around twenty percent in the last year.