Aer Lingus
Aer Lingus & United Airlines' partnership takes flight
Aer Lingus and United Airlines have begun a codesharing agreement, enabling Aer Lingus customers' access to United Airlines network in North America from 01 November. From April 2009 Aer Lingus will place its code on United Airlines domestic flights, giving customers access to United's entire North American network.
Aer Lingus announces new Chairman
The Board of Directors of Aer Lingus Group plc today wishes to announce the appointment of Colm Barrington as Chairman of the Board. Mr Barrington will succeed John Sharman as Chairman. He will be appointed to the board in September and will then assume the role of Chairman.
Aer Lingus increases long haul fuel surcharge
Aer Lingus is to increase its long haul fuel surcharge on four of its long haul routes to the US, effective from Wednesday, 30th July 2008. This increase applies to the longer sector transatlantic routes operated by Aer Lingus and is as a result of the 50% increase in jet fuel spot prices since the beginning of the year. Surcharges on New York, Boston and Washington Dulles, the shorter sector services to the US, remain unchanged.
Aer Arann and Aer Lingus ink new interline deal
Aer Arann and Aer Lingus have signed an Interline Agreement that allows customers to directly connect to Aer Lingus transatlantic services from Cork Airport. From today, bookings can be made on aerlingus.com directly both to and from Cork to all seven Aer Lingus USA destinations in one single booking transaction.
Aer Lingus announce short haul winter schedule 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.
Aer Lingus increases fuel surcharge on long haul routes
Aer Lingus is to increase its long haul fuel surcharge on routes to the US, effective from Wednesday, 11 June 2008. This follows continuing increases in the price of oil in recent weeks. No fuel surcharge is applied on any of the 82 short haul routes operated by Aer Lingus.
Aer Lingus announces Winter Schedule from Cork Airport
Aer Lingus has announced its winter schedule for 2008/09 from Cork Airport with the addition of a new service from Cork to Geneva. This brings to 18 the number of routes operated by the airline from Cork.
Aer Lingus increases fuel surcharge on long haul routes
Aer Lingus is to increase its long haul fuel surcharge on routes to the US, effective from Wednesday, 14 May 2008. The increase is as a direct result of the record upsurge in the price of oil in recent weeks and the airline's rising fuel bill. No fuel surcharge is applied on any of the 82 short haul routes operated by Aer Lingus.
Aer Lingus to increase checked baggage fee
Aer Lingus today announced that it will increase its checked baggage fee for all passengers on short haul services from Thursday, 8th May. Baggage fees are not applied to long haul services.
Aer Lingus celebrates 50th anniversary of transatlantic flying
Aer Lingus today celebrates its 50th anniversary of transatlantic flying, marking the dawn of the first Aer Lingus Transatlantic flight which left Dublin and Shannon for New York in 1958.
Aer Lingus apologises to customers
Aer Lingus announces that it will offer all of the customers who made bookings during the reservation error of Wednesday 16 April the option to travel in economy class at the price of their original booking.
Aer Lingus partners with United Airlines
Aer Lingus and United Airlines, a leading US domestic and international airline, have today announced that they will commence a codeshare agreement that will enable seamless booking on each other's flights from 1 November, 2008. The agreement was signed by Aer Lingus CEO Dermot Mannion and United Airlines CEO Glenn Tilton in Chicago.
Aer Lingus increases fuel surcharge on long haul routes
Aer Lingus is to increase its long haul fuel surcharge on routes to the US, effective from Saturday, 29 March 2008. The increase is as a direct result of the record upsurge in the price of oil in recent weeks and the airline's rising fuel bill. The fuel surcharge will increase on flights to and from Ireland to Orlando, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Aer Lingus reports strong Easter sales
Aer Lingus expects to carry in excess of 125,000 passengers into and out of Ireland across all of the airline's routes to and from the UK, Europe and the United States over this busy Easter Bank Holiday period, Friday 21st to Monday 24th March inclusive. This is an increase of nearly 20% from Easter last year.
Aer Lingus to fly to Moscow for Champions League Final
Aer Lingus has announced that it will operate a special one off flight to Moscow (Sheremetyevo airport) for Irish football fans wishing to travel to the 2008 Champions League Final. The service will operate on Wednesday 21st May from Dublin and Thursday 22nd May from Moscow to bring passengers to and from the match.