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Dublin, 20 November 2025: The Irish Aviation Authority completes the Autumn 2025 licensing round for Travel Agents and Tour Operators.

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) issues licences to travel agents and tour operators twice a year.  The first round of licences is issued on 1^st May (the Spring round) and the second round of licences is issued on 1^st November (the Autumn round). A licence is valid for a period of twelve months from date of issue.

The IAA today, 20^th November 2025, has announced the completion of the Autumn 2025 licensing round for travel agents and tour operators offering travel departing from Ireland.  A total of 58 travel agents and 18 tour operators were licensed in this round.

The following travel companies have applied to have their licences renewed but, at this time, do not have a licence:

Great Air Travel Limited TA0803

Meridian Travel World Limited TA0810

Polari Travel Limited TA0813

The Irish Aviation Authority is continuing to engage with these firms and may issue licences in the future. If so, we will update our website.

The companies listed above must not take any new bookings for overseas travel from 1^st November 2025. At this time, customers are advised that any such bookings made with these companies on or after 1^st November 2025 will not be covered by the IAA consumer protection scheme in the event of insolvency.  Passengers that have made an overseas travel booking before this date are covered.

Based on applications received in this round, travel agents have indicated a projected licensable turnover €470,281,990 (2024: €449,318,351) for the year ahead. The projection for tour operators is €69,511,725 (2024: €74,202,997). The combined projected licensable turnover for the May and November 2025 licensing rounds tops €1 billion for both travel agents and tour operators.

The following entities did not apply to have their licences renewed:

Barry’s Coaches Limited TO223

Francis Gannon T/A Gannon Travel TA0392

Grogan Travel Limited TA0437 

For a variety of reasons, they either no longer need or are required to have a licence/insolvency protection in place.

Notes To Editors:

Following the transposition of EU Directive 2015/2302 (Package Travel Directive) into Irish law, only Irish established entities may be licenced by the Irish Aviation Authority.

EU established entities have to comply with requirements to inform the IAA of the insolvency protection they have in place (according to the law of the country in which it is established) for selling or offering for sale packages and/or linked travel arrangements in Ireland. The IAA currently list 20 such entities on its website.

Non-EU established entities must provide evidence of having insolvency protection in place that covers 100% of all monies taken from customers, the IAA currently list 38 such entities on its website.

Details on travel agents and tour operators that are licensed by the IAA and organisations that have the relevant insolvency protection in place can be found on the IAA’s website at, Booking a Holiday - Am I Protected.