It was 18 minutes late, but arrived on time. Aer Lingus 19th direct route to north America, inaugural flight to Indianapolis took off yesterday EI83@14.45.
Flights will be 4w year-round using Airbus A321neo XLR Saint Mela, Aer Lingus now has 16 year round services (15 USA plus Toronto) and three seasonal.
Aer Lingus will operate 24 daily departures to North America from Dublin, Shannon, and Manchester.
While Dublin accounts for 17 trans-Atlantic routes, including double-daily flights to Boston, JFK, Chicago, and Washington D.C, Shannon continues year-round service to Boston and JFK with the A321LR.
Manchester offers daily flights to New York and Orlando using two based A330-300s, the Saint Patrick and the Saint Munchin
Frequencies are up 13pc over last summer and seat capacity by just 8pc showing the growing use of smaller, fuel efficient aircraft like the A321LR and XLR.
