Aer Lingus has taken delivery of EI-NSG Airbus A320-251Neo, MSN 12462 A.
It brings the number of A320 new in the fleet to eight and the total frleet to 58 with four aircraft on order. The A320-251Neo has a capacityt of 186 passengers and a range of 6,482km.
The aircraft is named for Saint Dearbla/Darbiled (c600) the foundress of the hermitage of Inis Cethig on Erris in County Mayo.
Aer Lingus carried 11.0m passengers last year, back to 95pc of pre-pandemic levels.
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