Aer Lingus Regional

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Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks

The new carrier takes flight this month providing Aer Lingus-branded regional flying.

The operator of Aer Lingus Regional’s network will open a second base later this year and begin several UK domestic routes.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Emerald Airlines will initially offer 11 routes from Dublin under a franchise agreement with Aer Lingus.

The agreement covers regional routes in the UK and Ireland that were previously operated by Stobart Air until its failure in June.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.

Aer Lingus and British Airways step in to plug connectivity gaps in the UK and Ireland after the failure of regional carrier Stobart Air.

A new service is being added between Belfast and Glasgow, while a base at Shannon will be closed.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.

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Not content with a 40+ per cent growth in passenger traffic in 2016, one week into the New Year Cornwall Airport Newquay has already confirmed the launch of a new summer link to the Republic of Ireland from Stobart Air and the return of Flybe services to London Stansted as part of an expanded summer 2017 programme that will also see increased frequencies on five existing domestic routes.

Around 14 million annual seats are available between Ireland and the UK with this year’s offering the largest this decade and up 4.8 per cent on last year. Ryanair is the dominant carrier with a 53.7 per cent capacity share, ahead of Aer Lingus (including its Aer Lingus Regional operation) with a 32.4 per cent share.

UK leisure carrier Jet2.com, the largest operator at Blackpool Airport, has already revealed it will move its entire operation to Manchester Airport from October 10, 2014, while Aer Lingus Regional and Citywing will maintain services to Dublin, Belfast City and the Isle of Man until the closure of the airport on October 15, 2014.

The new Aer Lingus Regional operation will launch on October 23, 2014 and will be flown with 13 weekly services with two flights every day except Saturday when there will be just a single rotation. The carrier expects to carry up to 70,000 customers annually on the new route.

Aer Lingus Regional is to further expand its activities out of the Republic of Ireland with the expansion of its summer 2014 flight schedule from Cork