Violeta Bulc

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Air France KLM is one of the airlines that has complained about Gulf carriers receiving illegal government subsidies.
EU to tackle airline competition with new rules

The European Union proposed new rules on Thursday to tackle alleged unfair competitive practices from foreign airlines as it seeks to ensure European (...)

The Trump administration is likely to extend the laptop ban. Photograph: Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images
EU demands urgent talks with US over airline laptop ban

The European Union has demanded urgent talks with the United States over a possible extension to some European countries of a US ban on airline passen(...)

Ryanair chief executive officer Michael O’Leary: among the CEO members of Airlines 4 Europe. Photograph: Alan Betson
Road Warrior: Airline CEOs held pow wow on industry

In a meeting this week with the European Union Commissioner for Transportation, Violeta Bulc, the chief executives of Airlines 4 Europe (A4E) met to d(...)

Up to 300,000 European residents avail of some form of the railway ticket every year.
EU considers free InterRail tickets for all 18-year-olds

The EU is considering offering every 18-year-old the chance to travel across the continent by train for free under the InterRail scheme. Up to 300,00(...)

President Barack Obama: “You can’t get any higher than the American president,” says Enda Kenny. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
Taoiseach urges US to allow low-cost flights from Cork to Boston

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has renewed his appeal to United States authorities to approve a licence for Norwegian Air International’s plan for low-cost tran(...)

Norwegian Air wants to launch cheap flights between Europe and North America. Photograph: iStock
Pilots gave $140,000 to politician opposing Norwegian Air plan

Peter DeFazio, the US congressman opposed to Irish-based Norwegian Air International launching cheap transatlantic flights, accepted $140,000 (€126,3(...)

Washington’s department of transportation has stymied Norwegian’s plans by so far refusing to grant it a foreign carrier’s permit
Cantillon: safety claims about Norwegian never flew

US congressman Peter DeFazio’s claims about Norwegian Air International in a letter to EU transport commissioner Violeta Bulc echo most of those alrea(...)

Norwegian Air Shuttle plans to offer low-cost flights from Europe to the US, including routes from the Cork and Shannon. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Norwegian Air’s proposed Boston flights opposed by US congressman Peter DeFazio

One of the US congressmen lobbied by Irish businesses to allow Norwegian Air International to launch services from Cork and Shannon to Boston says he (...)

Cork Airport director Niall McCarthy said the claims about Norwegian Air International using crews on cheap Asian contracts on the proposed Cork-Boston service were without foundation. Photograph: J Stiegler/Creative Commons
Cork Airport rejects claims Norwegian Air deal could hurt workers

Management at Cork Airport have rejected claims by a US congressman that the granting of a foreign carrier permit to Norwegian Air International to fl(...)

Bjorn Kjos, chief executive of Norwegian Air Shuttle, parent company of Norwegian Air International which has been attempting to launch a transatlantic flights service from Ireland since 2014.
Norwegian Air causes turbulence for US-EU trade relations

The row over Irish-registered Norwegian Air International’s bid for a US foreign carrier’s permit intensified last week when the European Union moved (...)

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