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Emerald Airlines expands fleet and summer schedule

Emerald Airlines, the exclusive operator of Aer Lingus Regional services, announces its Summer 2024 schedule from Dublin. The airline has added its 18th ATR 42-600 (EI-HNA) for the summer season.

Commenting on the announcement, Ian Lough, Head of Commercial at Emerald Airlines said: “We are delighted to be launching Aer Lingus Regional’s largest ever Summer schedule from Dublin. Our expanded schedule caters to a variety of travellers with diverse destinations and convenient flight times for Summer 2024 and beyond. With tickets already on sale, we encourage our customers to book flights soon to avail of the best offers. ”

Frequency Boost

The Aer Lingus Regional Summer schedule from Dublin boasts an increase in frequency and services across the network, including extra flights to key destinations such as Edinburgh and Birmingham.

Bonjour, Brittany!

The airline recently launched Summer services from Dublin to Brittany; Rennes and Brest. Both routes will operate twice weekly starting from early May right through until late October.

Something for Everyone

Aer Lingus Regional’s Summer schedule from Dublin has something for everyone – short getaways on popular city breaks like Leeds and Glasgow, bolstered frequency and key timings on business destinations such as Edinburgh and Birmingham, extra flights for sporting events such as the IOM TT Races, along with Summer coastal getaways to hotspots such as Cornwall (Newquay) or Jersey.

Routes from Dublin

Aberdeen	Edinburgh	Leeds Bradford	Rennes
Brest	Exeter	Liverpool	Southampton
Birmingham	Glasgow	Manchester
Bristol	Isle of Man	Newcastle
Donegal	Jersey	Newquay

Good news from #EmeraldAirlines @DublinAirport today as they welcomed their 18th ATR72-600 . Named Saint Saran and registered EI-HNA, it will go into service on the largest ever Aer Lingus Regional network this Summer pic.twitter.com/oH7iUEY66V
— Michael Kelly (@Michaelkelly707) April 29, 2024

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Aer Lingus Regional bolsters its capacity this winter

Emerald Airlines, exclusive operator of Aer Lingus Regional, today announces its increased capacity for this upcoming winter season. New daily flights have been added between both Dublin and Southampton, and Dublin and Aberdeen, taking off from October 30, 2022.

This announcement marks the latest expansion efforts by the rapidly growing carrier, now flying 22 routes. With new destinations, new aircraft and expansion of services on existing routes, the outlook for Aer Lingus Regional is looking increasingly positive with each passing month.

Commenting on the announcement, Ciarán Smith, Head of Commercial at Emerald Airlines said: “After a very successful summer season, we are delighted to be upping our frequencies and adding new routes out of Dublin to/from Aberdeen and Southampton. With convenient timings and cost-effective flights, we strongly believe these connections will be warmly welcomed by both business and leisure travellers. We look forward to a busy winter ahead!

The new routes form part of Emerald Airlines’ wider expansion strategy, which will come to fruition over the coming months; seeing the delivery of five additional aircraft, adding further capacity, and increasing frequencies.”

The ATR 72-600 forms the backbone of Emerald Airlines’ growing fleet, with the average age of aircraft being 6 years. The ATR 72-600 is the latest generation of turboprop aircraft combining unmatched environmental and economic performance. These ultra-low fuel burn aircraft emit up to 40% less CO₂ on these short, regional flights.

Schedule from Dublin to Aberdeen

From

Dep. Time

Days of the Week

Dublin Airport

Aberdeen International Airport

14:55

07:25

11:00

M- -Th Fi – Su

T W – – –
-S-

Aberdeen International Airport

Dublin Airport

17:00

09:35

13:00

M- -Th Fi – Su

T W – – –
-S-

Schedule from Dublin to Southampton

From	To	Dep. Time	Days of the Week
Dublin Airport	Southampton Airport	13:35	Daily
Southampton Airport	Dublin Airport	15:40	Daily

*Each-way as part of a return trip

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Aer Lingus and Emerald Airlines announce accelerated plans for launch of regional routes

Aer Lingus and Emerald Airlines have announced details of the commencement of Aer Lingus Regional flights, with tickets on sale from today. The flights operated under a franchise agreement by Emerald Airlines will commence on March 17, 2022 as Aer Lingus Regional. Today’s announcement will result in Emerald Airlines flying over 340 flights per week across 11 routes with fares starting at €29.99, with further route announcements to be made in the coming weeks.

High-frequency routes, including Dublin-Edinburgh and Dublin-Glasgow, will be served up to 4 times daily. The announcement sees the re-establishment of services to regional points across the U.K including Newquay Cornwall, Exeter, and Isle of Man. Emerald Airlines will be the only airline offering these services from Ireland. Critically, the announcement adds over 60 UK – US routes on the Aer Lingus network connecting via Dublin including connections from UK regional airports to New York, Los Angeles, Boston and Seattle.

Aer Lingus recently announced an ambitious schedule for Summer 2022, which reflects the airline’s goal to build to pre-pandemic levels of flying and anticipates continued momentum in customer demand. This commencement of the Aer Lingus Regional routes operated by Emerald Airlines will greatly increase connectivity between the UK, Ireland and the US, and accelerates Aer Lingus’s strategy to expand Dublin Airport as a hub airport.

Pictured is Aer Lingus CEO Lynne Embleton with Emerald Airlines CEO Conor McCarthy, at the announcement of the commencement of Aer Lingus Regional flights, with tickets on sale from today. The flights, operated under a franchise agreement by Emerald Airlines on behalf of Aer Lingus, will commence on 17th March with over 340 flights per week across 11 routes with fares starting at €29.99 one way. The services will greatly increase connectivity between the UK, Ireland and the US, and catalyses Aer Lingus’ strategy to expand Dublin Airport as a hub airport. Further route announcements will be made in the coming weeks. Customers can book at aerlingus.com
16/12/2021 Photograph: Fran Veale/Julien Behal Photography

Emerald Airlines is continuing with the expansion of its fleet of ATR 72-600s. The ATR 72-600, the latest generation of turboprop aircraft combining environmental and economic performance, has a significant environmental advantage over regional jets and other turboprop aircraft emitting up to 40% less CO2 on short, regional flights.

Airport	Route	Start Date	Frequency	Lead in Price ROI	Lead in Price UK	Connections
Glasgow	DUB- GLA	17-Mar-22	up to 4x daily	€29.99	£35.99	JFK/ EWR/ BOS/ ORD/ IAD/ PHL/ MCO/ SFO/ LAX/ SEA/ YYZ
Isle of Man	DUB-IOM	17-Mar- 22	6x weekly	€37.99	£39.99
Birmingham	DUB-BHX	27-Mar-22	up to 3x daily	€25.99	£25.99	JFK/ EWR/ BOS/ ORD/ IAD/ PHL/ MCO/ SFO/ LAX/ SEA/ YYZ
Bristol	DUB-BRS	27-Mar-22	up to 3x daily	€29.99	£37.99	JFK/ EWR/ BOS/ ORD/ IAD/ PHL/ MCO/ SFO/ LAX/ SEA/ YYZ
Edinburgh	DUB-EDI	27-Mar-22	up to 4x daily	€29.99	£37.99	JFK/ EWR/ BOS/ ORD/ IAD/ PHL/ MCO/ SFO/ LAX/ SEA/ YYZ
Manchester	DUB-MAN	27-Mar-22	up to 3x daily	€25.99	£25.99	JFK/ EWR/ BOS/ ORD/ IAD/ PHL/ MCO/ SFO/ LAX/ SEA/ YYZ
Leeds	DUB-LBA	15-Apr-22	up to 2x daily	€29.99	£36.99	JFK/ EWR/ BOS/ ORD/ IAD/ PHL/ MCO/ SFO/ LAX/ SEA/ YYZ
Newcastle	DUB-NCL	15-Apr-22	5x weekly	€29.99	£34.99	JFK/ BOS/ ORD/ IAD/ PHL/ YYZ
Exeter	DUB-EXT	29-Apr-22	5x weekly	€29.99	£34.99	JFK/ BOS/ ORD/ IAD/ PHL/ YYZ
Cornwall Newquay	DUB-NQY	29-Apr-22	4x weekly	€37.99	£38.99	JFK/ BOS/ ORD/ IAD/ PHL
Jersey	DUB-JER	28-May-22	1x weekly	€42.99	£38.99

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Emerald Airlines secures its Irish AOC with “Gemstone” call sign and EAI code

Emerald Airlines has announced that it has been granted its Air Operator Certificate (AOC), making it Ireland’s newest airline. Securing the AOC further highlights Emerald Airlines’ professional capabilities, adherence to the highest standard of safety regulations needed for aircraft operations and proves its fitness-to-fly capability following the successful completion of rigorous inspections by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA).

Emerald Airlines completed its proving flight, EAI 001, on September 3, 2021. Flight EAI 001 departed from Dublin Airport at 3:48 PM and arrived 37 minutes later at Cork Airport.

Emerald Airlines recently announced that it has entered into a franchise agreement with Aer Lingus which will commence on January 1, 2023 for a period of ten years for the operation of Aer Lingus Regional flights. Although the contract is not due to commence for 17 months, Emerald Airlines continues to work closely with Aer Lingus to evaluate options with respect to an earlier contract start date.

Subsequently, Emerald Airlines has been assigned the callsign GEMSTONE and EAI as its three-letter designator by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).