Aer Lingus carries in excess of 1 million transatlantic passengers.Īer Lingus announces an industry first, pioneering partnership with U.S airline, JetBlue Airways connecting Aer Lingus passengers with over 40 domestic destinations. Aer Lingus takes delivery of two new A330 aircraft. Commencing with Washington D.C in August, followed by San Francisco and Orlando in October. Open Skies agreement provides Aer Lingus with new opportunities to grow its long haul network and within an hour of the announcement Aer Lingus announces three new routes to the U.S. Two new long haul Airbus A330 aircraft are ordered due for delivery in 2007Īer Lingus celebrates its 70th Anniversary.Īer Lingus is floated on the Irish and London Stock Exchanges.Īer Lingus launches its first long haul destination outside of North America, Dubai. Last Boeing 737-500s withdrawn from service in October, making Aer Lingus an all-Airbus airline. Implementation of survival plan following 9/11 – introduction of low fares model to compete with low cost carriers. Introduction of first Airbus A320 into service in June on busier Continental routes Launch of Los Angeles service in May using newly-delivered long-range Airbus A330-200 Introduction of Airbus A321 into service in May, used initially on busy Dublin-Heathrow route. New corporate identity introduced in February.Ĭhicago service reintroduced after being suspended previously.ĭaily Cork-Amsterdam and Cork-Paris services started in June using BAe146s. Introduction of BAe146 into fleet in April to replace turboprops on UK routes. By that time, over eight million people had travelled across the Atlantic in Aer Lingus ‘Jumbo Jets’. On the 2nd of October the last Aer Lingus Boeing 747 flight takes place after 25 years of service. Aer Lingus was the first airline to operate an A330 under ETOPS (Extended-range Twin-engine Operation Performance Standards) over the North Atlantic. This restructuring programme was launched to address the commercial challenges of the airline, at that time.Īirbus A330 introduced into service on transatlantic routes. The first of a fleet of five Boeing 737-400s, the largest 737 to date with capacity for 156 passengers, enters service Pope John Paul II flies from Rome to Dublin and later from Shannon to Boston on an Aer Lingus plane that has been specially chartered for him.Īer Lingus celebrates its 50th Anniversary. A new white shamrock appears on the fin, provoking outrage among purists! Montreal and Chicago added to the transatlantic network in April.Īer Lingus replaces Fokker F27 for Vickers Viscount 800s in 1966.īoeing 737-200 introduced into service. The aircraft became the mainstay of our short-haul fleet for many years.įirst Aer Lingus Boeing 747 is delivered.Īer Lingus unveils its revamped livery featuring two new green colours and a blue. The shamrock replaces the Irish flag on the tail of Aerlinte Eireann aircraft and a year later is extended to the European fleet.Īer Lingus enters the jet age, with Boeing 720s covering the routes from Dublin and Shannon to New York and Boston.īAC One-Eleven jets introduced on Continental European network. The DC-3 (was also widely known by its RAF name, the Dakota) were replaced by new Fokker F27 Friendship twin turboprops.Īerlinte Eireann, originally formed in the 1940s, re-establishes and on the 28 April the first service leaves Dublin and Shannon for New York. Major expansion of Continental European network, mostly using new rights via Manchester. Aer Lingus was the third airline to introduce the Viscount, the world's first turboprop airliner. Paris added to the network, becoming the first Continental European city to be served by Aer Lingus.įirst Viscount 700s delivered in March. In September the network was extended to London (Croydon Airport) using a newly-acquired De Havilland DH86.Īer Lingus acquired a de Havilland D.H.89A Dragon Rapide in February 1938 to replace EI-ABI, which was sold to the British airline Channel Air Ferries and it was restored to the British registry as G-ACPY on February 19, 1938. Within a few weeks, summer service began to the Isle of Man. At 0900 hours, May 27, 1936, the aircraft took off from Baldonnel on Aer Lingus' first flight from Baldonnel to Bristol. This was Aer Lingus' first and only aircraft and it was based at Baldonnel Aerodrome, the Irish Army Air Corps base outside Dublin. In 1940, Aer Lingus moved into the newly completed Dublin Airport.Īer Lingus took delivery of its first aircraft, registered EI-ABI, on and named it "Iolar" (Eagle). In 1936, Aer Lingus introduced the Dublin to Bristol route at Baldonnel Aerodrome. Teoranta means ‘limited company’ and ‘Lingus’ is derived from the Irish ‘loingeas’ meaning fleet. Aer Lingus Teoranta was registered as an airline in 1936.
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