CityJet began operating two Avro RJ85s between Dublin and London City on behalf of Aer Lingus on 28 October. RJ85s EI-RJH (msn E2345) and EI-RJN (msn E2351) will be used on the operation; both have been painted with Aer Lingus titles and the Aer Lingus logo on the tail. EI-RJN […]
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is challenging CityJet‘s plan to operate two Avro RJ85s on behalf of Aer Lingus. In an agreement announced in late August, Aer Lingus will take over CityJet’s existing service between Dublin and London City beginning on 28 October, and CityJet will operate the […]
CityJet will lease two of its Avro RJ85s to Aer Lingus and operate them on its behalf between Dublin and London City beginning on 28 October. Aer Lingus will take over CityJet’s existing service between the two cities, operating six daily round trips on weekdays. Existing reservations will be transferred […]
BAe 146-300 LZ-HBG (msn E3146 ex EI-CLH) is flying for Bulgarian airline Hemus Air, still wearing the basic livery of former operator Aer Lingus. She was ferried back from desert storage in early May. Recent news items on Hemus Air:
Aer Lingus has flown its three remaining BAe 146s to the USA for storage at Mohave. The airline ended BAe 146 operations in late 2003 and returned several of them off-lease to BAE Systems at the time. The leases on the remaining aircraft run for another few years, and in […]
A union dispute has kept many of the pilots who once flew Aer Lingus‘ BAe 146s grounded since the airline withdrew the aircraft late last year. Aer Lingus withdrew the six BAe 146s in a fleet simplification move. About 46 former BAe 146 flight crew have been at home on […]
Aer Lingus finally ended BAe 146 operations on 26 November. The airline had withdawn its six BAe 146s from its schedule at the end of October, but continued to fly them to cover for equipment shortages. With the arrival of several former Swissair Airbus A320s on lease, however, the BAe […]
As planned, Aer Lingus withdrew its six remaining BAe 146s from service with the beginning of its winter schedule on 26 October. The move did not end the airline’s BAe 146 operations, however. A deal to lease additional examples of the Airbus narrowbody family fell through, leaving Aer Lingus short […]
In a move to cut costs, loss-making Irish national airline Aer Lingus is planning to standardize its narrowbody fleet on either the Boeing 737 or the Airbus A320 family. The airline currently operates examples from both families. The airline plans to select one or the other as its sole narrowbody […]
Facing a strike by its pilots, Irish airline Aer Lingus suspended operations on Thursday, 30 May. The pilots’ union, IMPACT, called the strike to protest against changes in work rules that the company instituted as part of its restructuring plan. Although the strike was called for a single day, the […]
