Road Warrior

Russian air woes as Transaero loses certificate Russia's aviation woes continue with the announcement that Transaero's air operating certificate was cancelled on Monday.

The country’s second largest carrier has been cash-strapped and in debt. The news will tough times for the 10,000 staff.

Lufthansa announced that they will cease flying to Moscow Vnukovo, Samara and Nizhny Novgorod from next week.

SAS has already said they will cease services from Copenhagen to Moscow in March and Easyjet will cease the London Gatwick to Moscow service. Aer Lingus routes bring Dublin into top five hubs Aer Lingus's new flights to Newark and Hartford Connecticut will enhance business to the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

The return of Los Angeles will also be seen as of major benefit to businesses.

This first major expansion is a sign that the change of ownership will be good for Aer Lingus.

When the new flights begin next year it will bring Dublin Airport into the top five hub airports in Europe. Aer Lingus will have more than two million transatlantic seats on 12 routes. Out of the office? Liven up your auto-reply Put a smile on people's faces with fun out-of-office messages from Westin Hotels. Westin have come up with a website that will generate an amusing and personalised out-of-office message.

Here’s an example. “I’ve gone ‘off the grid’ and though I’m told there’s wi-fi here – I keep meaning to head over to check in on emails, news, controversial Tweets, etc – it seems like there’s always a paddle-boarding lesson, yoga class, or build-your-own juice bar to try first.”

You can choose your message as a video too, westinooogenerator.com. Luxair continues, Chinese airline opens in Ireland Other airline news for Ireland this week included the continuation of Luxair's six times weekly service over the winter.

China Southern Airlines, the third largest in the world, have opened a sales and marketing operation in Ireland.

Due to increased business from Ireland the airline awarded the contract for ticketing, representation and marketing to APG in Dublin.