International Airlines Group (IAG), which owns British Airways, has called for the creation and use of Digital Health Passes in order to reopen the skies. The boss of IAG, Luis Gallego said that there needed to be a clear roadmap for easing travel restrictions and that included “international common testing [read more]
Aer Lingus is to begin sales of transatlantic flights between Manchester and the US from Friday subject to approval from the US Department of Transportation. According to filings the airline has sought approval from the US DoT to promote, advertise and sell tickets from the UK to the US from [read more]
Aer Lingus has filed for permission to operate a number of UK to US routes using its new subsiduary, Aer Lingus UK. Aer Lingus UK is currently in the process of obtaining an Air Operators Certificate (AoC) from the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority and is hoping to launch transatlantic flights [read more]
British Airways parent company, International Airlines Group (IAG), has reported a €6bn loss in its Quarter 3 (Q3) financial results. The group, which also owns Aer Lingus, said Q3 had seen it run an operating loss of €5.9bn compared to a €2.5bn profit in the same period last year. IAG [read more]
The new Manchester (MAN/EGCC) to Belfast City Airport (BHD/EGAC) t route has got underway today when the first of four daily return services took off The Aer Lingus Regional service is operated by Stobart Air using an ATR72-600. Julian Carr, Aviation Director at Manchester Airport, said: “It’s great to see [read more]
Aer Lingus is considering moving its Transatlantic services from Shannon (SNN/EINN) to an airport in the UK as Irish Government Covid-19 travel restrictions have left the two Airbus A321LR aircraft it has based there grounded. Six UK airports, including Edinburgh and Manchester, are bidding for the routes according to the [read more]
Aer Lingus (EI/EIN) has scheduled changes for Summer 2021 which sees more A330 routes being replaced by the Airbus A321neo. Aer Lingus sees the single-aisle airliner as the future of transatlantic travel offering a much more effecient flight compared to its bigger sibling. The Airbus A321neo LR is able to operate [read more]
Aer Lingus (EI/EIN) has said that it will be cutting up to 500 jobs as it deals with the impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic that has affected airlines around the world. In a statement, it said that it had formally notified Ireland’s Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection of [read more]
Irish carrier Aer Lingus (EI/EIN) has come under fire after images appeared on social media showing a packed flight from London to Belfast. The images posted on twitter by BBC NI journalist Kelly Bonner show a packed flight with most of the seats taken in breach of social distancing guidelines. [read more]
Loganair (LM/LOG) and Stobart Air (RE/STK) are two airlines seeking help to weather the Coronivirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. Ireland-based Stobart Air is seeking protection from creditors, bankruptcy protection, from the Irish courts in a bid to prevent the airline being wound up while Scottish airline Loganair is seeking a bailout from [read more]
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