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Aer Lingus announce its short haul Winter Schedule 2008 from Dublin
Aer Lingus has announced its short haul winter schedule for 2008 from Dublin with a new twice weekly service to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, along with new winter services to Hamburg and the re-introduction of Newcastle, Salzburg and Agadir.
The new route to Sofia, follows on from the highly popular summer service to the Black Sea resort of Bourgas, launched earlier this year, marking the first scheduled service between Ireland and Bulgaria.
The airline will also extend services between Dublin and Hamburg from summer-only to year-round, as well as re-commencing services to the popular destinations of the winter ski resorts of Salzburg, the winter sun destination of Agadir, Morocco and to Newcastle in the UK. This expansion brings to 50, the total number of routes that Aer Lingus will operate from Dublin this winter.
In addition, the airline will be offering extra frequencies to Paris Charles De Gaulle, Dusseldorf, Wawsaw, Bucharest, Geneva, Milan, Barcelona, Malaga, Lisbon and Manchester.
Commenting on the announcement, Enda Corneille, Corporate Affairs Director, said "We are delighted to announce our second destination to Bulgaria, as well as the extension and re-introduction of a number of our services for the winter. Today's announcement demonstrates our response to the continued consumer demand across our route network and is further testament to our proposition of low fares and great service."
As indicated previously, Aer Lingus has reduced frequency on some of its long haul services out of Dublin and Shannon for the winter months (January to March 2008) due to a planned refurbishment of its long haul aircraft. The company also indicated last week that it is committed to its long haul strategy but due to the unprecedented price of oil will be temporarily suspending its Los Angeles route from 2nd November 2008.
Aer Lingus Announces New Route from Belfast to Paris
Aer Lingus Group plc today announced a new service from Belfast International to Paris, Charles de Gaulle beginning 30 March. The new service will operate on a daily basis with fares as low as £25 one-way including taxes and charges. Bookings can be made from tomorrow through the airline's website www.aerlingus.com
Aer Lingus CEO, Dermot Mannion commented, "Our market research has shown strong demand for Paris, Charles de Gaulle while Northern Ireland is increasingly popular with French visitors. We are delighted to be able to capitalise on this demand by launching Aer Lingus' low-cost, superior service offering on this route."
In order to facilitate the new route to Paris, Aer Lingus is redeploying one of the twice-daily flights from its Belfast Amsterdam service. This deployment will give customers additional choice while optimising the fleet use in Belfast. Aer Lingus will continue to operate one service daily to Amsterdam.
The Paris service marks the tenth route launched from Belfast since December 10 when Aer Lingus began flying from its new base in Belfast to Amsterdam, Barcelona and Geneva.
On 25 February, routes will be launched to Rome, Budapest, Malaga and Faro and on April 1, Nice will take off marking the complete network to ten destinations.
Aer Lingus and JetBlue Airways Confirm Industry-First Partnership
Ireland's low-cost, low-fares airline and its US counterpart low-fare, high-frills JetBlue Airways Corporation (Nasdaq: JBLU) today officially announced their industry-first strategic partnership will come into effect on April 3, 2008.
The innovative partnership will enable Irish and U.S. customers to book a single low fare reservation between Ireland and more than 40 continental U.S. destinations, connecting through JetBlue's home base at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The partnership is made possible by a sophisticated, easy-to-use booking process which will be live on www.aerlingus.com from April 3, 2008 for travel by the end of April. Customers booking through www.jetblue.com will be quickly transferred with one click to www.aerlingus.com to complete their booking.
Upon arrival to JFK and after customs clearance, Aer Lingus customers connecting to a domestic JetBlue flight can conveniently check-in and drop their bags at Aer Lingus' transfer desk in the arrivals lobby at Terminal 4. Once complete, customers can travel via the AirTrain to JetBlue's Terminal 6 for their domestic connection. Customers travelling from the U.S. to Ireland will be able to check their bags at their JetBlue domestic departure point and will pick them up again in Dublin or Shannon.
Commenting, Dermot Mannion, Aer Lingus CEO, said, "With a strong customer base, brand strength and position in the U.S. market, JetBlue is a natural partner for Aer Lingus. We are proud to be pioneering the model of linking low fare networks and offering Aer Lingus customers the ability to easily connect across the US through JetBlue's Terminal 6 at JFK. The partnership will also expose millions of US passengers to the Aer Lingus website and brand and further consolidate aerlingus.com as the premier way to book flights to Ireland from North America."
"Our partnership with Aer Lingus is a perfect fit with our brand and culture, and we are thrilled to extend our route network to a vibrant new stream of customers from Ireland," said Dave Barger, CEO of JetBlue Airways.
Mr. Barger added, "On JetBlue, Customers enjoy their vacation beginning with the JetBlue Experience - free, live TV at every seat, complimentary brand name snacks and comfy leather seats with the most legroom of any other airline in coach. And did I mention our award-winning customer service?"
Domestic service will be operated by JetBlue's fleet of Airbus A320 and EMBRAER E190 aircraft. Both aircraft feature comfy leather seats equipped with personal seatback TVs that offer JetBlue's signature in-flight entertainment: 36 channels of free, live DIRECTV programming. The airline's EMBRAER 190 aircraft also offer more than 100 channels of free XM Satellite Radio; its A320 fleet is currently being retrofitted to provide the same service. On flights longer than two hours, a selection of first-run movies and bonus features from FOX InFlight™ is also available.
JetBlue's new Irish customers will have convenient connections to more than 40 destinations via New York/JFK, including: Austin, TX; Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse, NY; Burlington, VT; Denver, CO; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Las Vegas, NV; New Orleans, LA; San Diego, CA; and Seattle, WA.
Aer Lingus Launches New Service to London Gatwick
Aer Lingus Group plc ("Aer Lingus") the Irish low-cost, low-fares airline today announced that it will commence scheduled services between Dublin and London Gatwick from the end of October 2007.
The London Gatwick service will operate four times daily at times scheduled to suit both business and leisure travellers. This schedule, which will include the first morning departure of any carrier from Dublin to London Gatwick, will complement Aer Lingus' highly successful Dublin to London Heathrow service.
London Gatwick is the UK's second largest airport, serving the southeast of England and with a 30-minute connection to central London.
This expansion brings to fourteen the number of new routes introduced so far in 2007 and is underpinned by the addition of two new A320 short haul aircraft, which will arrive later this year and increase the Aer Lingus short-haul fleet to 32 aircraft.
Speaking about the route launch, Aer Lingus Planning Director Stephen Kavanagh said; "The introduction of a new London gateway strengthens our existing network and reflects the growing demand from customers for low fares combined with good service. With over 60 direct services from Ireland to Europe, including popular business, city break and sun destinations we are clearly focused on giving our customers more choice, low fares and an enhanced travel experience".
Aer Lingus announces six new routes for winter 2007
Aer Lingus announces six new routes for winter 2007 with additional capacity on existing routes from Dublin and Cork. Aer Lingus has introduced six new European routes to its winter schedule and twenty-five new flights a week from Dublin and Cork on existing routes. From the end of October, new services from Dublin to Helsinki, Bucharest, Agadir and Funchal will come into operation, in addition to the recommencement of services from Dublin to Copenhagen and Cork to Munich. Services started in summer 2007 from Dublin to Vilnius and Cork to Manchester have been extended to the winter schedule. Additional capacity will also be added on 14 existing European routes from Dublin and Cork. This expansion brings the number of new routes introduced so far in 2007 to thirteen. The development is underpinned by the addition of two new A320 short haul aircraft, which will arrive this winter and will be based in Dublin airport.
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