Aer Lingus

Aer Lingus (airline code EI) is Ireland's flag carrier, based at Dublin airport. It also operates from Shannon and Cork and opened a new base at Belfast International airport in December 2007.

Ownership

Founded by the Irish Government in April 1936, the airline was privatised and floated on the Irish and London Stock Exchanges on October 2, 2006.

Route Network

Aer Lingus has an extensive network from Ireland to mainland Europe and the UK. It also flies several routes to the US.

Other Information

Aer Lingus was in danger of collapsing until Willie Walsh, now British Airways chief executive, transformed the then state-owned carrier, changing its European services to a budget airline formula. The transformation led to privatisation, which allowed Ryanair to invest in Aer Lingus in the hope of an eventual complete takeover. 
Aer Lingus offers a single economy class service on all short-haul routes, and a two class Premier and Economy service on all long-haul routes. The short-haul fleet consists of 6 Airbus A321s and 27 Airbus A320s. The long-haul fleet is nine Airbus A330 aircraft, with six new Airbus A330s due for delivery from 2009.

Frequent Flyer Programme: Gold Circle Club

For wikipedia entry on Aer Lingus, click here.

For more on the fleet, click here.

To check fares visit aerlingus.com

Seatplans Q&A

Hi team,

Your website is great but there is one or two questions I'd like to ask. I'm due to travel with Aer Lingus on August 16th this year on the EI778 (dub-ace) and on the 23rd on the EI779 (ace-dub).

They have told me since they have switched the aircraft from A321 to A320. They say they have honored my extra legroom request (beacause I paid). I have been moved from 10 d+e to 13 d+e. Which is fine, I'm guessing these will be similar to rows 16 and 17 with FR.

I'm a bit confused by their website, if I try to book the same flight and click on the read only seat map it shows a map of A320. But when I click on the flight number it says A321.

How likely is it that they have made this switch, keeping in mind that they never told me till I noticed and rang them...

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