Dfe said in a statement to Irish News that the DUP minister had arranged an urgent meeting with NIO minister Steve Baker and airport executives when notified of the issue in September The dilemma has created a fallout between Gordon Lyons’ Department for the Economy (DfE) and the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) over their communications. The Irish airline said in a statement that: “We are engaging with the relevant authorities in order to allow us to continue to serve this route into the future.” EI also said that it is “very keen” on continuing the BHD-LHR route, but there is no strong indication that the carrier will adopt Ryanair’s (FR) approach soon. As for the 30 EI cabin crew directly impacted by route restructuring, they will be redeployed. Over the years, both carriers had a market share on this route, and they operated flights on a shared basis. In fact, Aer Lingus stated that flights can still be booked on their website (EI and BA are both owned by the same company, IAG). They were instructed to turn up for flights as usual but to expect a BA aircraft to get them to LHR. Passengers who had booked the EI flight to LHR will not be greatly disturbed by the new development. This also ensures that FR will be permitted to conduct service to Britain when it returns to Belfast International Airport in April 2023. For example, Irish LLC Ryanair (FR) was faced with a similar dilemma, which resulted in the airline creating Ryanair UK in June 2021, and FR now operates under a UK AOC. The post-Brexit rules state that airlines must register UK entities, secure a UK air operator certificate (AOC), and use UK-registered aircraft. However, EI was operating this route for the past two years under a ‘wet leasing’ agreement that the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) described as a temporary measure set to now expire at the end of October. Under the post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and UK, EU airlines ( for example Aer Lingus) are permitted to conduct services on domestic routes in the UK. According to Fórsa, the Dublin-based trade union, the forced withdrawal was a result of Brexit. The Irish carrier was forced to discontinue services at the end of the month. Aer Lingus passengers travelling to the US via Dublin can also benefit from US Immigration Pre-clearance before they depart, allowing them to arrive into the US like a domestic passenger, avoiding any lengthy immigration queues.DALLAS – British Airways (BA) will ramp up operations at Belfast City Airport (BHD) at the end of October to compensate for Aer Lingus (EI) discontinuing service between BHD and LHR. Next summer, Aer Lingus will operate 17 routes to the US, including bringing back its popular Dublin to Hartford service, in addition to launching new flights from Dublin to Cleveland, Ohio, the home of the world-famous Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to its North American routes offered direct from Manchester Airport (to New York, Orlando and a November to April only Barbados service), Aer Lingus customers can also opt to fly via the carrier’s Dublin hub to wider variety of destinations. “This will give our customers even greater choice and flexibility when booking their summer holidays for 2023 and make Aer Lingus first choice for flying to North America.” “Flights from Manchester have proved extremely popular so we have boosted capacity by introducing larger aircraft on transatlantic services to New York, and next summer will offer 270,000 seats on sale direct from our north of England hub. “After a highly successful year flying customers to and from the UK over the Atlantic, we’re excited to be launching our largest ever summer schedule for customers in 2023. Susanne Carberry, Aer Lingus Chief Customer Officer, said: The popular Manchester to New York route will see at least 133 extra seats on sale on each flight. The announcement comes as the Irish airline unveils its North American summer schedule for 2023, its largest ever, in response to growing demand. Irish carrier Aer Lingus will boost capacity by 72% on its flights from Manchester to New York by switching to wide-bodied A330 aircraft for the route.
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