After weeks of rumours, it has been officially announced today that Aer Lingus will be returning to Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
The airline has been absent from the airport since withdrawing their Dublin service way back in January 2016.
Emerald Airlines, under the guise of Aer Lingus Regional, will begin operations on their new Liverpool to Dublin route from April 27th 2023.
The route will operate 11 flights per week with a double daily service on a Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday and will allow passengers to transfer to onwards US flights from Dublin Airport.
The timetable is as follows and was posted by SeanM1997 on Twitter…
Aer Lingus Regional will join Ryanair on the route increasing daily departures to 5 per day (on some days) and Head of Communications at Emerald Airlines, Ciaran Smith said: ‘’Todays announcement is a much-anticipated one and will no doubt be warmly welcomed by passengers travelling for both business and travel pleasure purposes. The new Liverpool-Dublin service will provide those planning a trip with more choice and convenient flight times to suit their schedule.
‘’We believe that we can offer the region both great value flights to Dublin but also access to one of the fastest growing transatlantic gateways in Europe.’’
Aer Lingus are the latest airline to launch new routes out of Liverpool, following PLAY Airlines in October 2022 and Lufthansa in May 2022.
Exciting times ahead for Liverpool John Lennon Airport!
Liam F - Journalist 