Aer Lingus Regional begins selling flights ahead of take off

The new Aer Lingus Regional service began selling flights on Thursday ahead of a planned take off on St Patrick’s Day. Emerald Airlines, run by well-known aviation industry figure, Conor McCarthy, signed a deal with Aer Lingus to operate the larger carrier’s regional franchise earlier this year. The pair announced on Thursday that Emerald will begin flying 340 times a-week across 11 routes between Ireland and Britain from March 17th 2022. Tickets for the flights went on sale at the same time. Emerald intends flying high-frequency routes including Dublin-Edinburgh and Dublin-Glasgow up to four times daily. The airline will re-establish flights from Ireland to British regional airports, including Bristol, Leeds, Newquay Cornwall, Exeter and the Isle of Man. The announcement adds over 60 UK-US routes to the Aer Lingus network by connecting British regional airports to the airline’s flights to the likes of New York, Los Angeles, Boston and Seattle, via Dublin.<br/>