Aer Lingus launches new Dublin Washington route

Dublin 5th November – Aer Lingus has announced details of its preliminary Summer 2015 schedule including the introduction of its ninth direct transatlantic service, with a new four times weekly summer service from Dublin to Washington-Dulles from 1 May 2015.

In a further boost to its growing long haul business, the airline is also increasing capacity on other Aer Lingus transatlantic routes for summer 2015, including:

a daily flight from Dublin to San Francisco, up from five weekly currently
the introduction of a third daily flight from Dublin to New York from June through August, departing at the early time of 7:50 and returning from New York at 12 noon daily
an increase in frequency on the Dublin to Orlando route from three to four flights per week, from 1 May 2015
· a 20% increase in capacity on the Shannon Boston route for twelve weeks in the peak summer period, June through August

Increased frequency

Overall long haul capacity will increase by 18.4% per week in the peak summer season. Short haul capacity will also increase in summer 2015 with new routes to Agadir and Nantes and increased frequency on popular holiday routes including Palma, Fuerteventura, Bordeaux, Venice and Bilbao. Nantes is the airline’s eighth French gateway. The frequency of flights from Dublin to key family destinations such as Faro, Palma and Paris will increase.

Speaking at the launch of the new summer schedule Stephen Kavanagh, Chief Strategy and Planning Officer, Aer Lingus said: “I’m pleased to announce that Aer Lingus will offer an expanded choice of destinations and value to the travelling public next summer. We will continue to grow our transatlantic business with the introduction of direct service to Washington. The success of our customer proposition and the development of Dublin as a gateway between Europe and North America will see us operate 24 daily departures across the Atlantic next summer. This combined with our extensive European network continues to deliver upon our commitment to connect Ireland to the World.”