Aer Lingus (Dublin) will soon accept brand new Airbus A320-214 EI-DVM (msn 4634). The new jetliner is painted in the original livery with joint Aer Lingus-Irish International titles and is named “St. Colman”. The aircraft will help Aer Lingus celebrate its 75th Anniversary in May.

The name Aer Lingus is an anglicization of the Irish form Aer Loingeas, which means Air Fleet. The name was proposed by Richard F O’Connor, who was a County Cork surveyor, as well as an aviation enthusiast. Aer Lingus was originally pronounced “air ling-us” (as the Irish Aer Loingeas is pronounced) and only later did the pronunciation change to the current “air ling-gus”.

On May 27, 1936, five days after being registered as an airline, Aer Lingus flew its first flight between Baldonnel Airfield in Dublin and Whitchurch in Bristol, England, using a six-seat de Havilland DH-84 Dragon with the registration of EI-ABI) and named Iolar (Eagle).

The famous Shamrock logo was introduced in 1939.

On February 26, 1947 Aerlinte Eireann Teoranta (Irish International Airlines) was formed to operate long-haul international routes. The name Aer Lingus – Irish International was adopted by both companies starting on January 1, 1960.

Copyright Photo: Guillaume Besnard. Wearing the test registration, F-WWDV arrives back at Toulouse on March 16. It will become EI-DVM.