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Aer Lingus is the Irish flag carrier. It operates over 100 routes to 62 destinations from Dublin Airport (DUB), Shannon Airport (SNN), and Manchester Airport (MAN). The airline launched new service from Dublin to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) and Denver International Airport (DEN) this past April. The routes seem to have performed well as frequencies will increase next summer.
Aer Lingus will return to both Denver (DEN) and Minneapolis (MSP) next summer with more frequencies:
• MSP resumes April 5 with A321XLR, gradually increasing to 7x weekly
• DEN resumes March 30 with A330-200, gradually increasing to 6x weeklyDEN/MSP were both 4x weekly on… pic.twitter.com/EnjwgCHZjl
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Both routes will see more weekly flights when they return in March and April. Denver International Airport (DEN) will increase to 6x weekly using an Airbus A330-200 and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) will see 7x weekly flights on an Airbus A321XLR.
Aer Lingus will fly to 17 airports in North America next summer. These include:
- Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)
- Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD)
- Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) (announced in April, more here)
- Denver International Airport (DEN)
- Hartford Bradley International Airport (BDL)
- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
- Miami International Airport (MIA)
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)
- Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
- Orlando International Airport (MCO)
- Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
- San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
- Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)
- Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
When these routes were first announced, Aer Lingus’ Chief Executive, Lynne Embleton said:
With Dublin’s geographic position as the gateway to Europe, pre-clearance facilities at the airport and the strong, long established Irish American ties, Aer Lingus is ideally placed to connect people and places across the Atlantic. Denver and Minneapolis-St Paul are significant business destinations within the US and the new Aer Lingus routes facilitate corporate links and connectivity between Europe and North America, through our Dublin Hub. Denver’s position as the ‘Gateway to the Rockies’ and its outdoor appeal, from world class skiing to hiking, opens up a whole new US experience to leisure travellers from Ireland and Europe. This summer has been our biggest yet, with 2.25 million seats to North America and the successful addition of Cleveland, Ohio to our network. We are confident in our growth strategy and look forward to welcoming customers onboard these two new routes next year.”
When the flights to/from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) were announced last year, Delta Air Lines immediately fired back with its own flights from this hub. It added 5x weekly flights and these look to be remaining.
The US Preclearance (USCBP) facility at Dublin Airport (DUB) allows US-bound passengers to go through US immigration, customs, and agriculture inspections before they board their flights. When they arrive in the US, they just collect their bags and go since they have already handled immigration procedures.
Anthony’s Take: Aer Lingus has grown a great presence in the US and continues to add new destinations. Dublin is an easy connection point for many other destinations in Europe.
(Featured Image Credit: Aer Lingus.)
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AER LINGUS flies to IAD throughout the year: Needs to be added to US cities served.
Added. Thank you!