United added another seasonal route to Ireland on Thursday 25 May by launching flights between its hub Chicago ORD and Shannon. The 5,780-kilometre service will be maintained daily with the 757 aircraft and without any competition. It marks United’s return on the route for the first time since 2017. Flight UA288 departs Chicago at 18:20 local […]
May 30, 2023 | Latest Route News +
The importance of the UK to Ireland market cannot be overstated. In 2022, over 28,000 people flew between the two countries each day, according to UK Civil Aviation Authority data. While this includes those who transferred to other flights, the majority were local. Across the whole year, more than 10.3 million people were transported. While […]
March 7, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Vueling now serves Shannon in the west of Ireland. On Monday 12 September the Spanish carrier began 2-weekly service on the 910-kilometre route from Paris ORY. Flights will operate every Monday and Friday using the airline’s fleet of A321 aircraft. No other carrier connects these two airports. This is Vueling’s third route to Ireland from […]
September 13, 2022 | Latest Route News +
This week sees the start of new Irish regional carrier Emerald Airlines (IA5TA code EA) operating a number of routes between Dublin and destinations in the UK on behalf or Aer Lingus (IATA code EI). As previously noted, on some of these routes it will replace Aer Lingus mainline, on some it will complement Aer […]
March 16, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story