Aer Lingus flies from Ireland to Europe, Canada, and the United States. It is owned by International Airlines Group (IAG) along with British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, and LEVEL. Transatlantic routes originate in either Dublin (DUB) or Shannon (SNN).
The number of destinations it serves in the U.S. continues to grow, with the additions of Philadelphia (PHL) and Seattle (SEA) to launch in 2018. Aer Lingus is also intending to join the transatlantic joint-venture agreement that IAG has with American Airlines.
Routes
In the United States, Aer Lingus operates from Dublin to Miami, Orlando, Hartford, Washington Dulles, Boston, New York JFK, Newark, Hartford, Chicago O’Hare, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, with Seatle and Philadelphia joining in 2018. It also operates service to Toronto in Canada. It also flies from Shannon to Boston and New York.
However, not all of these flights are on widebody aircraft. Some are flown by ASL Airlines, Ltd (formerly known as Air Contractors) which utilize Boeing 757 on some of Aer Lingus’ routes to the Northeastern United States.
The routes below are flown on Aer Lingus’ mainline aircraft (Airbus A330-300s and 200s). Not pictured: Seattle.
The transatlantic routes below are currently flown or will be flown (Philadelphia) on ASL’s 757s from Dublin and Shannon:
Within the European continent, as well as the U.K. and Ireland, Aer Lingus operates numerous flights from its Dublin base as well as from Shannon and Cork (ORK), two focus cities.
Fleet
Aer Lingus currently has 52 aircraft in-service. It has 34 Airbus A320s in-service, as well as 3 Airbus A321-CEOs. There are 7 Airbus A321-NEOs on order. It has 11 Airbus A330s in-service, including 7 Airbus A330-300s and 4 Airbus A330-200s. It has one Airbus A330-NEO on order. Finally, it has 7 Boeing 757s from ASL. The carrier has 9 Airbus A350s as well, but these are being sent to Iberia now that Aer Lingus is an IAG member.
